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It is funny thing that americans are very good in pisa or scientific knowledge when we consider there is stereotype of "ignorant american"

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It's hard to make even "simple" science questions unambiguous.

https://aetherczar.com/pew-center-and-aaas-fail-own-scientific-literacy-quiz/

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I think the conflation you're seeing isn't humility necessarily, it may be that in some cases the language itself does not convey enough meaning in one fashion or another. To an autistic, the word choice could be: confusing, lacking enough context. In the case of Pakistan, it probably a severe issue of intent/language, in the case of Vietnam, it may also be the same thing, lack of trust for different reasons.

Asians may look like on the outset ~ humility but I really doubt that is the underlying issue, it's moreso cultural pacifism.

the issue with grading poetry vs. science is an education bias issue. You have to be trained to see it as a facet of science, much in the same way you can view games as art. It's really beginning to engage in perspective at that point.

All of this boils down to language usage however, some of it trust.

which further will likely depend on mental categorization.

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Could you post the Average IQ of the 6 compilations?

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