That they appeared to be "better than Westerners" in the laboratory gave rise to his curiosity: "They mentally seemed no different to myself, so why had not China developed a scientific tradition?"
他們在實驗室裡的優異表現「完全不下於西方人」，因此引發了他的疑問：「既然他們的心靈同我沒有兩樣，為什麼中國沒有發展出科學傳統來？」