Asian Creativity: A Response to Satoshi Kanazawa:

Evolutionary Psychology

Geoffrey Miller¹ 

关键词: American Fundamentalism;    creativity;    individualism vs. collectivism;    intelligence;    Nobel prizes;    openness to experience;    religion;    research funding;    skyscrapers;   

DOI  :  10.1177/147470490600400111

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

This article responds to Satoshi Kanazawa's thoughtful and entertaining comments about my article concerning the Asian future of evolutionary psychology. Contra Kanazawa's argument that Asian cultural traditions and/or character inhibit Asian scientific creativity, I review historical evidence of high Asian creativity, and psychometric evidence of high Asian intelligence (a cognitive trait) and openness to experience (a personality trait) — two key components of creativity. Contra Kanazawa's concern that political correctness is a bigger threat to American evolutionary psychology than religious fundamentalism, I review evidence from research funding patterns and student attitudes suggesting that fundamentalism is more harmful and pervasive. Finally, in response to Kanazawa's focus on tall buildings as indexes of national wealth and creativity, I find that 13 of the world's tallest 25 buildings are in China, Hong Kong, or Taiwan — of which 11 were built in the last decade. Asian creativity, secularism, and architectural prominence point to a bright future for Asian science.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC