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"... There should be no great mystery about Asian achievement. It has to do with hard work and dedication to higher education, and belonging to a culture that s
by bootload 19y ago
"... There should be no great mystery about Asian achievement. It has to do with hard work and dedication to higher education, and belonging to a culture that stresses professional success. But Flynn makes one more observation. The children of that first successful wave of Asian-Americans really did have I.Q.s that were higher than everyone else's--coming in somewhere around 103. ..."
Only at the summary do you get a hint why this might be. My guess is access to improved nutrition could be one factor.
- vitaminj 19y agoI'd say the self-selection bias would be a big factor. Most of the dumbass and lazy Asians probably stayed at home. Those first generation asian-american kids would likely have had the value of hard work forcefully instilled in them as well.
- earthboundkid 19y agoI have taught in Japan. Their dumbasses say, "hi." (Seriously, "the Asians = smart" myth doesn't last long if you actually meet normal people in Asia. Normal Asian people are... of normal intelligence! What a shock!)