Posted on 07/18/2007 8:10:04 AM PDT by PreciousLiberty
'"Of course, these are very gross oversimplifications," said Keysar. "Even in America, you can find collectivist societies. For example, working class people tend to be much more collective."'
Collectivism - good. Capitalism - bad. China - good. America - bad.
At least it's glaringly obvious propaganda...
Someone beat me to it...mods please pull this thread.
I can't believe this story was on the front page of yahoo news...
WE are not Borg
Amish are collectivist but they don’t attempt to impose it on me.
Unmentioned in the report was the Americans who responded to the director “Don’t tell me what to do, you schmuck.” Both blocks were then taken, marketed and are due for IPO’s next week. The Asians did the director’s laundry.
“Move which block, are you blind or something!?”
This answer didn’t count?
Conclusions made on inconclusive results from a meaningless study.
because if america looks bad in a comparison it has to be propaganda ?
That’s somehow like a proof of the study lol.
Corey Binns - Graduate Science Writing Student, New York University
“Cheap, skinny aluminum foil lamps may soon illuminate our lives instead of big, bulky light bulbs”
What I take from this is that Communists are better trained at taking orders.
Rugged American individualism could hinder our ability to understand other peoples’ point of view, a new study suggests.....Well Pilgrim, I guess THEY have a problem!
There's an oxymoron if I ever saw one.
The question is how many times this article was posted and pulled already. This is not the first repost.
What blatant bullsh#t! If the Chinese are so damned ‘skilled at understanding other people’s perspectives’.... then why the hell is it that every time there’s an Asian in line behind me at the grocery checkout stand, they are standing right at my elbow...in my personal space, (within sniffing distance)....but somehow, they are always unable to “”perceive”” that I’m about to smack the hell out of them??? They are, from MY personal experience, the MOST clueless individuals on the planet!
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Rugged American individualism could hinder our ability to understand other peoples’ point of view, a new study suggests.
And in contrast, the researchers found that Chinese are more skilled at understanding other people’s perspectives, possibly because they live in a more “collectivist” society.
“When the director asked 20 American participants (none of Asian descent) to move a block, most were confused as to which block to move and did not take into account the director’s perspective. Even though they could have deduced that, from the director’s seat, only one block was on the table.”
I want to know if the “director” KNEW ALL ABOUT the situation wherein 1 block was “blocked” from his view; i.e., he already knew there was a block he couldn’t see.
Or was the “director” an innocent who was simply instructed to instruct the “participant” to “move a block” (instructions: “Tell the ‘participant’ EXACTLY these words: ‘Move A block’”) as opposed to “move THE block”.
Latter I could excuse these results. But do we know that the “participant” should know that the “director” knew about 2 blocks?
Exactly
“But what research is now showing is how they’re different and what are the implications,”
The implications: greatness within 200 years; unprecedented growth & prosperity; unprecedented invention & innovation; unprecedented size of middle/upper class.
Game.
Set.
Match.
Yeah, sure. That's why there's all that oppression of other religions going on here.
And in contrast, the researchers found that Chinese are more skilled at understanding other people's perspectives, possibly because they live in a more "collectivist" society.
Sure, that's why people of faith, or people who believe in freedom are not being persecuted there.
:::rolls eyes:::
No, it’s just so typical to have America-bashing that we are like the people in Peter crying “Wolf”. We hear so much America-bashing spin that we don’t much listen even to real data, or don’t take to it well.
That was my very first thought also. The directive "move a block" indicates that the director knew there was more than one block and has given the participant a choice, whereas "move the block" suggests that the the director was only aware of one block.
I would also like to know whether the participant could see the director and if so, the director's body language. If the director tells me to "move a block" as he is looking towards the space where the hidden block is located, I may assume that she wants me to move the hidden block even though she can't see it.
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