why are asians so smart?
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Contrary to what many people think, genetics is the primary cause of many of the gaps we see between races. I know many people want the "feel good" answer that any differences are caused by society and environmental differences and will accuse anyone that doesn't think as they do as "racist" but I will have to say this is a complete disservice to science. Blacks are not better in sports simply because they work harder at it nor do Asians thrive in academics simply because they study harder. Genetics play a vital role. There are many scientific studies done on the issue of race and intelligence.\n\nA general consenus among scientists as published in the Wall Street Journal in 1994 titled "Mainstream Science on Intelligence" shows a consenus among scientists that average IQ are as followed in America. Blacks 85. Whites 100. East Asians 106. Further studies done and published in science journals show IQ to be overwhelmingly genetic. Minnesota Twins Study by Dr. Thomas Bouchard, the most famous twin study done, shows that identical twins separated at birth are significantly more similiar in IQ than fraternal twins raised together with a genetic correlation of .80. \n\nCranial size studies show published in the science journal Intelligence 1997, 25, pg 15 shows the average cranial size as followed. Blacks 1,267 cm3. Whites 1347 cm3. East Asians 1364 cm3. The link between cranial size and intelligence are strongly established in several scientific studies published in journals. "Brain Size and Cognitive Ability" in the 1996 issue of the journal Psychonomic Bulletin and Review surveyed all the published research on this topic. It included studies that used the state-of-the-art technique known as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) which gives a very good image of the human brain. There were eight of these studies with a total sample size of 381 adults. The overall correlation between IQ and brain size measured by MRI is 0.44. \n\nA survey done among scientists in the intelligence field by Snyderman show that the majority of scientists believe that the White-Black IQ gap has a genetic basis by a 3-1 margin compared to scientists who believe the White-Black IQ gap is purely environmental.\n\nSo why are Asians smarter? More specifically Northeast Asians? The scientific theories among scientists today hold the notion that the humans that left Africa 110,000 years ago into colder climates of Europe and Northern Asia required more thought and planning to obtain food than that of Africa. And that Northern Asia had more drastic temperatures than that of Europe. It's evolution at work.\n\nThe absolute hypocrisy in all this is those who believe in evolution but yet believe human races that lived in drastically different environments for 110,000 years will have innate genetic abilities across the board that match exactly. Let's not sacrifice science for political correctness.\n\nIn the following link, this person does a good job listing the scientific evidence on this issue:\n\nhttp://boards.billmaher.com/showthread.php?t=12668
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They want a better life, better jobs. i think its because there is too muich competion in singapore and there are lots of smart people so some of the not as smart people or not well knowledged people decide to immagrate to different places because its easier to find jobs or its not as crowded.
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Because, girls suck at math(except asians)
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My parents are chinese, and they said that they learn math and science a lot more than the rest of the world, i'd say a few grades more. they also learn english as a second language, since it's the second most spoken lang(madarin chinese is the first) and they learn ahead because there aren't as many colleges to accept everyone, so the parents push hard to be one of the not-so-many selected
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A lot of it is nutrition.  Their diet is highly based on rice and grains, and thet does not allow for a people to reach tehir full genetic potential.  \n\nLook at the historic rates for height and you will see that in all countried there has been a trend towards taller.  Look in your history books for the average height of a  male in the US.  You'd be surprised.\n\nWait a few generations and the Asians who have adapted their diets will be just as tall as the other races.
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it's a matter of nature and environment. \n\na person's heredity and gene make-up has a lot to do with how intelligent they are. you can find evidence of this in many subjects, not just humans. some anilmals are "smarter" than other animals. sometimes chromosomes get crossed and a person is born with disabilities. it's just a part of nature.\n\nalso, the environment in which a person grows up effects their intelligence. if a child is raised in an environment that does not harbor knowledge and education, that child will not flourish mentally.
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Couldn't agree more with sdmagic. \n\nBut then, when you think about, why just asians? There's a tendency for people (of any origin) who are smarter-than-your-average-joe- but-not-quite-PhD-material to brag... simply because it helps them to feel better about themselves.
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Asian obviously works.
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because they are smart
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I'm a Westerner married to a Chinese lady. Yes, they love blue eyes but don't think just because you have blue eyes they will be falling at your feet. Asian women are damn smart and have great integrity.
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All girls are Awesome, but many Oriental girls do have a certain uniqueness about them, for example: Most Chinese girls are very intelligent, polite, healthy, hard working, and very attractive.
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We are accually NOT smarter then all animals..\nWe were just lucky to find a better means of communication and interpretation of our situation. That has nothing to do with us being smarter...
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The average I.Q. of North Asians is slightly statistically higher than other groups.  Just about everything in life is a continuum, so that, regardless, there will be smart and dumb people in all groups.  FYI, IQ in one study (sets Britain at 100): Hong Kong 107, Korea 106,  Japan 105, Taiwan 104, Singapore 104, United States 98.
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No; but they are pretty smart. They're able to grasp some abstract mathematical concepts like addition and subtraction, and even occasionally multiplication - things that our own civilization didn't grasp for quite a while. They can respond quite effectively to stimuli. (Dolphins are also extremely smart.) Of course, they have animal mentalities, and the fact that we are able to categorize and think about them, while they are not able to do the same of us, puts us in a higher school of thought.
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Not all Asians have small eyes. In fact, some Asians have bigger eyes than any other culture. \n\nThis question is like saying "Why are African-Americans dark?" or "Why are your eyes blue?"\n\nThey just do.
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no, only a few people are smart. Most of us did not discover anything new, though of anything new. We just learn whatever ppl thought up and most of us couldn't even follow the ideas becoz we are not able to think logically.
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asian.  more culture, more respect, more family oriented, better shape, better diet, smarter, nicer hair, skinnier body, better cooler...nicer downstairs!