(中英文对照)两个老外回答,中国人都擅长数学吗?( 五 )

Now I'm not saying that all Chinese people are great at math. But I am saying that, perhaps, the logical nature of their language allows them to have a small step up at the start.

我并不是说所有的中国人都擅长数学。但我想说的是,也许他们语言的逻辑性让他们在一开始就迈出了一小步。

And that can compound into incredible results.

这就会产生令人难以置信的结果。

Edit: OK, after fifty million comments of: "but I'm Chinese and I'm not good at math" or "But [insert nationality] is great at math" let me attempt to clarify this post.

再次编辑:好的,在5000万条评论之后:"但是我是中国人,我不擅长数学"或"但是(插入国籍)数学很棒",让我试着澄清这篇文章。

This does not mean EVERY SINGLE CHINESE automatically becomes great at math. Or the best at math. All it does is give a small helping factor at the start. On the scale of an average population, I would say this would translate into a slight boost in the AVERAGE level. Again, not talking about extremes here.

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