Name: Anonymous 2009-10-23 19:45
this is what i don't understand. asians have had plenty of thier own geniuses in the past and the present yet they didn't make a lot of strides even in basic living improvements such as modern sanitation etc compared to today's standards. a genius with an iq over 150+ can easily know or even figure this out themselves and there are asian geniuses that have iq's over 200, today and in the past. this is why i don't understand why asia was so stagnant for so long. it doesn't make sense. even now, there is a korean guy with an iq over 200 and he really hasn't done much. he's rather a recluse. it's probably a complicated subject and issue but it does seem to raise questions and an eyebrow because the resources intellectually were there within the society. the citing of creativity is not really relevant because smart people do tend to think innovatively anyways and can figure this out for themselves easily or notice where or how things can be improved etc even if they can't get others to understand or cooperate.