Originally Posted by Cathy A
Originally Posted by Val
The article addresses this question precisely: it says that high ability in athletics is a form of social compliance, while high intellect is seen as a selfish endeavor involving social noncompliance.


This is very interesting...do they speculate why this is the case? Is this culturally dependent?


Ditto.

In some Asian cultures, education is considered more valuable than anything, but the actual education that goes on is very rigidly prescribed as compared to the path a Western autodidact would take. Education ( in the Eastern sense ) then becomes a form of social compliance.