To be fair, I think the author recognises this. He calls it a trope throughout and makes frequent reference to the less successful and unsuccessful ones. The ma

To be fair, I think the author recognises this. He calls it a trope throughout and makes frequent reference to the less successful and unsuccessful ones. The main thrust of the article seems to be about what we can learn (if anything) from the trope. I found it all a mildly interesting read. EDIT: The "paradox," I believe, has nothing to do with being Chinese or not. Rather, it is that he finds the most successful ones to be rational, but superstitious; and intelligent, but uneducated.