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From: guy@slu70.UUCP (Guy M. Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.misc
Subject: Re: Anti-Japanese prejudice (Was Re: Bias on IQ tests)
Message-ID: <121@slu70.UUCP>
Date: 25 Apr 88 15:22:41 GMT
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> >Many Japanese have commented on the rigidity of the Japanese educational
> >system and the consequent lack of creativity.  It's difficult to discuss
> >creativity objectively because it's difficult to define and quantify.
I got into a discussion of this issue with a friend of mine who's a professor
at Tokyo University (geophysics). He felt that a lot of the problem was
related to the monolithic structure of Japanese industry. Much of the inn-
ovation in American technology comes from small firms which apparently are
virtually unknown in Japan where giants such as Mitsubishi dominate.