The Indian and Chinese ones are easy to explain - you get the best of those countries. Those countries in turn have suffered from brain drain for the past several decades.
Re:First they came for the Iranians
by yummyfajitas on Thursday January 26, 2017 @09:41AM
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You seem to be suggesting humans have an intrinsic quality - some are the "best", others are the presumably the worst. This intrinsic quality is then what drives behavior.
Of course, if people internationally can be "the best", then perhaps domestically people can be "the best" (or not) as well. For example, perhaps bad inner cities and Trump-voting rust belt regions are full of people who are very much NOT the best.
I think you're agreeing with me.
Re:First they came for the Iranians
by alphakappa on Thursday January 26, 2017 @10:22AM
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Your conclusion does not logically follow. Sure, some people may not be "the best", but that does not mean that an entire group of people (your "bad inner cities and Trump-voting rust belt regions") can be grouped into best or not-best. There will be a ranking of people (based on any criteria) in any region.
Re:First they came for the Iranians
by yummyfajitas on Thursday January 26, 2017 @12:23PM
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A charitable interpretation of both my comment and the comment I'm replying to is that the groups we are describing have a higher/lower proportion of people who are "the best" and "the worst".
Well 1) is easy to explain: children of upper class parents get supported financially; they also have a social safety net, so if they are out of work, their social circle will help them get one.
I think they fail to explain the majority of the behavioral differences. Specifically, they fail to explain:
1) why the children of upper class parents do not start behaving like poor people when they are broke (e.g. during college or grad school).
2) why Mexicans make good choices like sneaking into America, working hard, forming stable family units and saving money.
3) why Indians make the same good choices even when they don't have the option of sneaking into America.
4) why unskilled Chinese immigrants (or folks back home) make the same good choices.