Why are Japanese people so smart?
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In Japan, there is a stronger emphasis on education culturally.  So, this might have an impact on the number of "educated" people in Japan.
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Someone with lots of intelligence is the ability to learn quickly and see abstract concept patterns.\n\nSomeone with lots of wisdom knows what the heck to do with it.\n\nIn education, we measure intelligence by volume of information a person has already learned (e.g. vocabulary), memory skills (short and long term), pattern perception (verbal, visual, numerical, etc.), and problem solving (not just knowing a way to solve something, but figuring out ways to do it from scratch).\n\nIn real life, wisdom is much more important. A slower learner who is really good at using what he/she does know, effectively and positively to benefit him/herself and the community, is much more highly valued than someone who has learned lots of information and can problem-solve quickly, but doesn't make the world a better place with it.\n\nThe thing is, schools are to teach us the stuff we need so that as we build experience, we can do more with our lives.\n\nParents (acting as models for how to do it) and life experience are what give us wisdom.
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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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Japanese have interesting history
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Because they are crazy Japanese type people. Not like people of glorious Khazakstan.
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The two are sure closely related. I'm an english teacher and I work with lots of koreans. I think most koreans that I know are smart, they have good brains! so i think they're able to learn anything they want. I come to understand that it's very important in the korean culture to study well, and it's important to be the best, and each child is encouraged to do the best in everyting they do and every parent will ensure anything that can support their child's development (providing good books, good study environtment, good school, private teachers, good activities, etc). \nI think this kind of attitude will really influence their performance at school, as i see most of them do well in school.
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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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Norwegians are smarter than most of the rest of europe.
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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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It's part of da japanese culture!
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Actually, its harder to be dumb and easier to be smart because you are constantly learning.  A person with knowledge is a person w/ power.  And a smart person would have to work really hard to be dumb because it tends to show in their personality and the way they hold themselves.
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Because when you have a country with a huge population , that are only known for there playing soccer abilities , you have all the kids training an wanting to be great soccer players when they grow so you practically have a guaranteed cream of the crop  team for that county (Brazil) .\n\nArgentina is the same , except they dont have such a big population , an they have other stuff ,than just soccer to contribute there abilities.\n\nsame with japan , Japanese are know for being intelligent hard workers , disciplined etc . so every little Japanese kid grows up to fill those shoes, because in a way its whats expected of them.\n\nsame thing with Germans , they are know for there discipline so they all grow up wanting to fill those shoes an wanting to be know also for there discipline , an they accomplish that . German kids\n\nthere's ton's of other examples an some are negative too
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Heck, yeah.  Asian men are usually very attractive and very smart.
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We are intelligent?????!!!!!
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people see intelligence in different ways, its like street smarts and book smarts. And there's a difference between wisdom and being smart. It depends on how YOU judge whos intelligent, if you judge by their high office job, i feel like some people up there did have to get some heads rolling. Its like I think I'm a lot more wise then smart, I mean I dont know how to word things and crunch numbers, but i still think I'm pretty witty. So anyawys answer to your question, not all the time, no
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everyone have the same brain the thing is you have to use it in an inexplicable way.be confident that's all everyone is smart but the thing is they don't use it properly.if you use it properly you are an  intellectual
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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...