Re:Average IQ scores seem to have been falling and populatio...
by coldtea on Friday September 29, 2017 @11:19AM
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Lots?
For one, they are all ancient civilizations -- most western countries aren't.
Second, they have different value systems (more collective than individualistic).
Third, they have different nutrition and culinary preferences.
Fourth, they have differences in lifestyles.
Fifth, they are more homogenous than a lot of western countries like the US, Britain and France, with much smaller (percentage wise) immigrant populations.
In most aspects, a place like Chicago and a place like Tokyo might as well be on different planets.
For one, they are all ancient civilizations -- most western countries aren't.
Second, they have different value systems (more collective than individualistic).
Third, they have different nutrition and culinary preferences.
Fourth, they have differences in lifestyles.
Fifth, they are more homogenous than a lot of western countries like the US, Britain and France, with much smaller (percentage wise) immigrant populations.
In most aspects, a place like Chicago and a place like Tokyo might as well be on different planets.