[Paul Anderson]

Paul Anderson  asked the Naked Scientists:

Hi Chris and team,

The Chinese are known for skill in carving ornate ivory items and cutting delicate paper patterns and human hair pictures, etc. I presume this is detrimental to their eyesight.

Also, everyone knows the Chinese use Chinese characters in their language. In other countries we use the picture of a male or female to distinguish male and female toilets, so to that extent we are all similar, but I wonder if the Chinese brain is more geared towards the artistic than the rest of the world and might that be why they exhibit such skills and have a character based language? How say you?

Keep up the good work. I enjoy your show.
 
Regards
Paul
NZ

What do you think?

[rosalind dna]

The chinese like everyone in the world have different skills.
But they did invent gunpowder and fireworks.

[blakestyger]

...and takeaways.

[DoctorBeaver]

It's the noodles

[RD]

Q.  Why are the Chinese so creative?
A.  There are a lot of them...

If the incidence of creative persons is constant,
 then there will be more creative people in China because there are more people in China than any other nation.

[Don_1]

'Confucius' he say......... far too much!

[rosalind dna]

'Confucius' he say......... far too much!

Confucius he says that here is his Wiki link (LOL)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius

[time-cop]

How do we know what Confucious say, all his writings were burned apparently, and if he said all those things, he was like my daughter, never quiet  [!]

[Chemistry4me]

Q.  Why are the Chinese so creative?
A.  There are a lot of them...

True, but is it anything to do with genetics OR is it simply that their education is superior compared to other nations and their minds are highly developed...Don't know actually, just a thought...

[yor_on]

" In English or other alphabet-based languages, "reading" at a basic level means to decode words by pronouncing the letters, then creating an image in your mind of the idea or object those letters represent. A pictorial language like Chinese provides an image for you to see, rather than a set of sounds to decode. There are many subtleties to this kind of language. Chinese calligraphy can evoke an aesthetic response, or even a meditative state, in the writer and the reader. "

http://www.chinapage.com/calligraphy.html

[Chemistry4me]

So what you're are trying to say is....??

[nubemet]

I dont think the chinese are creative at all. If they were, they wouldn't have to fake and copy everything.
If you look at the todays corporations, inventors, and innovating technologies, a negligible part comes from china. Their mentality of conformity does not fit well with innovation.
As for the toilet sign etc', this is just because they have a different unique culture.

[Chemistry4me]

Well if you say so.

But there are probably 1.5 billion people on this planet who will disagree with you! []

[Chemistry4me]

Copying and making fake items is just a cheap way to make money.
But I doubt that you can say they were not creative in the past? []

[akhenaten]

There is no evidence that Chinese people are more creative than any other race or group of people. Everyone alive results from a migration 100,000 years ago from Africa so if there are any differences in skills or abilities bewteen different races or groups they evolved from adapting to different environments, that people adapted to survive just about everywhere on Earth demostrates a vast amount of creativity. Being half Scottish and half Chinese I will admit to believing that there are some genetic behavioural components related to races of groupings but with regards to creativity especially in relation to the "Arts" it is more a matter of current tastes that any objective measurement. I certainly wouldn't pay millions, if I had millions, for say a dead animal in a glass case or a painting of bunch of sunflowers, I could produce both myself.

[neilep]

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[Don_1]

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[Raghavendra]

Chinese are different but very creativity they are talented... They always prefer on development.....

[Yomi]

Even Japanese can think so.........

[pakman]

Well, as far as chinese people go, IQ they are 5 to 10 points smarter than europeans.

however why is china a ****hole? well during the course of many centuries they were pool lead, japan struck them and crushed them like insect then Mao and its commie thugs had a go at it.

north korea/south korea.

Government has a huge impact on how a country develops.

Chinese have the lowest level of testoterone, further proving the idea that yes they are most inteligent.

Less testoterone = more brain.

Thats in stone.Adaptation strategy.Lose something, for something else.Happens in all animals, viruses whatever.

dont know about the japs tho being smarter tho...