Many scholars feel that this is the result of the wholesale importation of intelligence tests from abroad. Such tests are not suited to the environment and cannot truly reflect the intellectual development of Chinese people. Others believe that in being influenced by traditional ideas about intellectual abilities, we are being stupid to be smart.
有學者認為，這是由於自國外引進的智力測驗，水土不服，無法準確測出中國人的智慧發展；也有學者認為，受到傳統對才智看法的影響，我們是聰明反被聰明誤… …