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East Asian personality may stem from Ice Age Siberia 20000 yrs ago

An outsider's unintentional foray into science

Utilizing my experiences retrieving milk and browsing veggies at the local Costco refrigerated goods room, I tried to imagine myself in ancient Siberia- hunched together with my tribe, inward facing, tense and alert, gritting my teeth as I lumber forward in a blizzard, bracing against the arctic winds, overwhelmed by the environment. All of a sudden, I had an epiphany- an unshakable gut feeling that my own personality, and that generally of other East Asians, was a perfect fit for our ancestral Siberian environment, which could explain why that native Peruvian lady vibed so familiarly, despite diverging 20,000 years ago and not having Confucianism or rice farming. Nonetheless, I enthusiastically applied to various PhD programs, but was unceremoniously rejected, and upon reaching out was met with “…engaging in outdated notions of environmental determinism.” “…you’re playing with fire by suggesting evolved cognitive differences… ” “The political climate on our campus is highly unfavorable for these areas of research.” “…this is probably the worst time in history to be studying such topics.” “…you will likely encounter extreme difficulties in securing grants.”

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