Study: Americans Don't Understand Others (why don't we all just die)

Live Science via Yahoo ^ | 7-18-07 | Corey Binns

[Bladerunnuh]

I am so sick of the daily assault on our nation and our intelligence. Yes, the Chinese are paragons of virtue and won't steal your corneas while you sleep. Yes.

[martin_fierro]

[wastedyears]

They should quiz me on a multitude of things.

[SergeiRachmaninov]

Pee on ~understanding~ others. Build the damn fence!

[lesser_satan]

Oh my god, what a steaming pile. It could sustain a colony of dung beetles for years!

[nyconse]

Does the understanding of the Chinese come before they bury people alive, harvest organs from living donors, use slave labor to make dangerous products...etc.

[AbeKrieger]

Sorry but I don’t understand the “collectivist” point of view. Effort and success should be compensated.

The point of view I do not understand is why people come here with ideas other than becoming part of this culture and assimilating as such. And why we need to be forced to tolerate those who would alter our culture to fit a “collectivist” or “multicultural” environment.

What made America great is not the adaptation of our society to fit all those who would be a part of it, but rather the folks who come here becoming Americans in every sense of the word.

[edcoil]

“collectivist” society.” = communist

The have and have not.

Slavery

collectivist are failures

If China is so great, why are they all coming here?

[PreciousLiberty]

Beat me by five minutes on the post. :-)

This article is a stunning display of stupidity and propaganda.

[Ingtar]

A more rational explanation is that the Americans chosen were so “wimpified” that they did not want to volunteer to move the block. The Orientals heard an order and were conditioned to obey.

[Steve_Seattle]

Based on the nature of the experiment, I would say that the Americans made a more logical response to the situation. When asked to move a block, they asked which of the two blocks to move, rather than assuming which one was intended. The methodology of this experiment is completely unsound because the experimentors make inferences that aren't necessarily supported by the facts.

It's completely arbitrary for the experimentors to describe this as "egocentric" behavior; it is no such thing - how can asking the "director" which block is intended be "egocentric"? It is in fact interpersonal.

[Kirkwood]

As an American, I would tell the director to move his own damn block and then shoot him. /s

[RobbyS]

Don’t forget: abort ever other baby.

[Bladerunnuh]

Exactly. It's just more propaganda, and I'm sick of it.

[nyconse]

Yes, we should try to understand those...who have no respect for life and in general are barbarians.

[trisham]

As an American, I would tell the director to move his own damn block and then shoot him. /s

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LOL!!

Me, too. :)

[CSM]

That’s because our range of thinking is much larger than the general chinese’s. Their collectivist society has destroyed their individual thoughts. Therefore it is easier for them to understand other people in their society, whereas we have been allowed to think freely and individually for so long that our range is much bigger. Resulting in making it a bit more difficult to comprehend all of the other folks thinking....

[LIConFem]

So collectivism is good, and individualism is bad. And fair is foul and foul is fair.

[mo]

Yeah...it interferes with the multi-national corporations ideas of what’s good for all of us..including ditching the Constitution.....

[mjp]

Rugged American individualism could hinder our ability to understand other peoples' point of view, a new study suggests.

Americanism is the best worldview. The point of view of others suck.They need to try to understand ours.