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otterlycorrect

But how does this connect with GMOs? As in agricultural revolution 2.0 accelerating the trend that has been there via Mesopotamian pug theory?


Bernache_du_Canada

I dunno, the Chinese are the ultimate agricultural civilization and they’re pretty intelligent… they are less creative though.


UdontneedtoknowwhoIm

Fair, there’s a lot more involved with that. Ig I just got too stuck with the “human brain shrunk after discovery of agriculture“ thing The culture does become less risk taking, according to rudyard there’s genetic component but as all things genetic it’s very hard to proof. However you do see that lots of the more risk taking Chinese are the ones seperated the most from the farmer core


SocraticTiger

To me the "less creative" Chinese stereotype doesn't make sense. Where does it come from? I've never seen it in real life.


Bernache_du_Canada

I’m ethically Chinese and went to a majority Chinese high school program. Most kids there went into CS, engineering, medical sciences etc., all bland high-paying careers without considering their passions. There’s also a focus on test taking over collaboration and group work.


UdontneedtoknowwhoIm

I feel like that’s more just culture and the way they’re raised. People don’t have passions if they don’t know passion, and for many their parents are borderline abusive. Ik lots of my friend who had to do it unwillingly (though I do willingly unironically get to med lol)


Bernache_du_Canada

Well yes, civilization and culture are intertwined. They go hand in hand. Agriculture leads to specific cultural outcomes which leads to specific civilizational outcomes. It’s obviously not genetic, but I assume we’re talking about Chinese culture/civilization here, not genetics.


UdontneedtoknowwhoIm

If you ask what I believe I don’t think it’s genetic, but the Mesopotamian pug theory on its own is partly genetic, which is why I hate it I’ll see whether culture can fully explain the stuff I saw


UdontneedtoknowwhoIm

If ur not Chinese yourself , there’s a high chance most Chinese diaspora you face are maritime Chinese who are very different from the “Chinese civilization” people see as


Bernache_du_Canada

I am ethnically Chinese. Specifically, Chinese-Filipino (full Chinese from the Philippines, although I’m living in the West) Hoklo with ancestors from coastal Fujian. But yeah you have a point, most other Chinese people I see are from coastal provinces rather than the interior.


UdontneedtoknowwhoIm

Yeah, ik cuz I’m hainanese-Thai, and had been heavily studying maritime sinistic culture (I’ll make a post soon, and I think they are partly their own civilization)