(March 5, 2016 at 11:28 pm)paulpablo Wrote:(March 5, 2016 at 8:35 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: It is indeed an analysis, incomplete thought it is, and one with which I heartily disagree. As for the Chinese exploiting African resources, that requires money as well as intelligence. Have you factored that in? It also requires in most cases a well-developed heavy-industry sector. Have you taken that into account?
I stand by my point. Simply reiterating your, uh, opinion is no way to support it.
In relation to the resources question, that's the point I was making. Tool manipulation, the ability to gain resources, forward planning, team work, industry, delayed gratification that comes with forward planning. They point to higher intelligence.
Selling the land you have for instant gratification and resources without forward planning, with no thought about industry, can be signs of low intelligence.
Or desperation. Or being chased off the land by a religious rebellion or autocrat.
There are several possibilities. The fact that you stick to your own, and beg the question in your reply, says much about the (lack of) depth of thinking you've given this topic.