Chapter 627: Chapter 398: My Greatness (5200 words, seeking monthly votes)_1

The Oxford Professor first wanted to habitually refute, stating that the Western world does not have prejudice against the East.

But after pondering for a moment and considering the identity of the person in front of him, he felt it was pointless to make a cunning argument.

“This prejudice cannot be put aside. However, it seems a bit biased to simply generalize the differences between the Eastern and Western worlds based on language structure alone.”

Harrison Clark shook his head, “Of course we cannot just talk about language structure. However, there have already been many thorough analyses of the cultural differences between the two modes of thinking in Eastern and Western scholars. My personal view is that no conclusion can be isolated from history for all situations.”

“There is no denial of the backwardness of the East in the past few centuries. But let’s assume a scenario where the East never fell behind, and during the first industrial revolution, the East and West maintained a high degree of information exchange. What do you think the world would be like now?”

The Oxford Professor thought for a long time and found it unimaginable.

Of course, it may also be that he did not want to answer.

Harrison Clark smiled, “I can give you an even more ‘hypocritical’ answer. We can even do another questionnaire survey, and I believe that more than 80% of Chinese native speakers would choose the same answer. If the East never fell behind, the world would be better, peace would no longer be a fantasy, and the Community of Human Destiny would have already come true, and humanity would be seriously considering colonizing Mars right now.”

Oxford Professor: “That’s just you glorifying your own human nature. Your ideological work is well done.”

Harrison Clark shrugged, “I have previously analyzed the differences in fast and slow thinking structures of Chinese and English with you. Haven’t you realized that it is difficult for the worldviews of native Chinese speakers with fast thinking to be shaped by others? I admit that the predominant information circulated in all countries has a certain degree of systematic processing.”

“But native speakers of fast-structured languages acquire information faster and have a wider range of information on a daily basis. The positions of those implementing information processing are not completely consistent, so even if we still receive processed information, the processing direction is diversified and dialectical.”

“In the world of the Chinese language, no one and no force can precisely shape the worldview of native Chinese speakers. Our current national self-confidence and worldview are not shaped by someone else, but by our five-thousand-year history of civilization and the large amount of information we actively absorb every day.”

“The self-confidence and self-discipline of Chinese native speakers come from their rapid absorption of diversified information since childhood. Chinese Civilization is known for building, and it is precisely because we are able to quickly accumulate basic knowledge during our growth and start creating wealth for society and civilization.”

“Our ordinary people can also keep their feet more grounded in reality instead of always thinking about those elusive futures. On the contrary, English native speakers should be better at planning for the future, yet they are now completely immersed in the trap of overconsumption. Whose fault is it?”

The Oxford Professor disagreed, “If the East led the world, there would still be looting, exploitation, and oppression.”

Harrison Clark: “Looting is indeed one of human nature. But the implementers of looting are different, and the outcomes are different. A civilization good at building often does not think of fishing to exhaustion when looting others, but rather mutual benefit and win-win. We definitely want the lion’s share, but we will leave enough room for development for those who are looted.”

“Under our model, the wealth of the entire Community of Human Destiny is added in value and magnified, rather than simply being transferred from area A to area B. Our exploitation is benign, it can no longer be called exploitation, but rather win-win and sustainable development.”

Poor Oxford Professor found himself unable to win the argument against the young man in front of him.

At first, he was a bit angry, but his mood quickly calmed down.

At this moment, it was Harrison Clark’s academic status that played a role.

Others would be more tolerant of his words.

After completing the Chinese native language questionnaire report, the project of the Oxford Professor was declared a great success.

But he was not happy, even refusing Harrison Clark’s invitation to further expand the survey to ten million people, and returned to his home country with his team.

Harrison Clark did not deliberately put on airs, but enthusiastically sent the other party on the plane, stating that the Summit Research Institute would also establish subordinate research institutions in the Social Sciences Category and Economics Category, and then sent a very formal invitation letter to join, with impeccable courtesy.

After returning to the company, Harrison Clark browsed international news while carefully organizing his thoughts.

Although he was tough in front of others, praising Chinese native speakers for their language, he was indeed very soberly aware that, as a civilizational leader, he must not only focus on the shortcomings of others while ignoring his own drawbacks.

His understanding of issues must be more dialectical and rational.

In fact, both languages have their advantages and disadvantages, and both have their inevitable birth properties.

Regardless of skin color, there is no reproductive isolation between races, and all humans share a set of genetic systems. The brain structures are almost identical, yet two completely different language structures emerged subtly in the course of historical evolution.

There is only one reason: the instinctual need for civilization.

This is driven by human competitive instincts.

These two languages, with their different degrees of speed, each have their own advantages and disadvantages.