If you want a thoughtful and interesting analysis of why you're wrong, read Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. While it's (of course) a simplification of

If you want a thoughtful and interesting analysis of why you're wrong, read Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. While it's (of course) a simplification of the real world, Diamond looks at questions like "Why did Spaniards conquer Peru, rather than Peruvians invading Spain?". Not surprisingly (to most, I'd hope) it's not because of innate differences between cultures.