网友讨论：谁更聪明？工程师 vs 中国五年级学生
Who is Smarter? Engineer vs Chinese 5th Grader
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我们这周换个方式！今天，我们将机械工程师谢尔顿与一位中国五年级学生进行智力比拼，看看谁更聪明。中国的孩子们一直以聪明著称，但究竟有多聪明呢？今天，谢尔顿将与一位中国五年级学生进行一场智力对决，看看谁能脱颖而出！
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We are switching things up a bit! This week we are putting Sheldon, a Mechanical Engineer, up against a Chinese 5th grader to see who is smarter? Chinese kids have been known to be very smart but just how smart are they? well today Sheldon will be competing against a Chinese 5th grade student in a head to head battle of the brains to see who comes out ontop!
我们这周换个方式！今天，我们将机械工程师谢尔顿与一位中国五年级学生进行智力比拼，看看谁更聪明。中国的孩子们一直以聪明著称，但究竟有多聪明呢？今天，谢尔顿将与一位中国五年级学生进行一场智力对决，看看谁能脱颖而出！
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我们这周换个方式！今天，我们将机械工程师谢尔顿与一位中国五年级学生进行智力比拼，看看谁更聪明。中国的孩子们一直以聪明著称，但究竟有多聪明呢？今天，谢尔顿将与一位中国五年级学生进行一场智力对决，看看谁能脱颖而出！
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I can confirm you that the discrete math course I took at UCLA (math 61) is just the repetition of the math I learned in 4th grade back in China.
我可以向你确认，我在加州大学洛杉矶分校学习的离散数学课程（数学61）只是我在中国四年级学习的数学的重复。
discrete math also isnt generally hard
离散数学通常也不难。
That child articulated, and illustrated like a professor. Fluid, clear, assured and confident. Dear goodness... I'm intimidated
那孩子说话清晰，讲解得像教授。流畅、清晰、自信。天哪……我感到很有压力。
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people give Sheldon a break
he actually did well, i've seen much worse after graduation
大家给谢尔顿放个假吧，他其实做得很好，我毕业后见过比他差得多的人。
20:12 actually after xianxian get into middle school and high school, he'll probably use the same methods like Sheldon. xianxian used elementary school competition math here, being the top student of his class, there's no way he dont participate in math competitions (things like Mathematical Olympiad), where u solve problems with very limited tools, therefore u have to rely on logic, mechanisms and tricks.
20:12 其实等到xianxian上了初中和高中，他可能就会用和谢尔顿一样的方法。xianxian用的是小学竞赛数学，还是班级里最顶尖的学生，没理由不参加数学竞赛（像数学奥林匹克那样），那种竞赛要求你用非常有限的工具解题，所以你必须依赖逻辑、机制和技巧。
最后，当我们完成大学教育后，我们都像谢尔顿一样解题，数学变得无聊，除非你用最新的工具做研究。数学总是在你觉得自己的工具对解决问题来说有限时，才会变得更加有趣。
if this is the level of a top 5th grader, it’s hard to imagine how smart those top students in tsinghua or peking uni
如果这是一个顶级五年级学生的水平，真难以想象清华或者北大的顶尖学生有多聪明。
My mom was Peking top in 1991(I meant for her major)
我妈妈是 1991 年北京大学的尖子生（我指的是她的专业）
Not necessarily only those from tsinghua but those from most top schools in China are also very competitive. It's insane. They are taught not just to memorise but to understand which is why it is amazing.
不仅清华大学的学生竞争激烈，中国大多数顶尖高校的学生也同样如此。这太疯狂了。他们不仅要学习记忆，还要理解，这就是它令人惊奇的地方。
my history teacher got a bachelors and masters at peking, then a masters at harvard, then taught at harvard, then co-wrote the Chinese textbook we use for our schools Chinese curriculum
我的历史老师在北京大学获得了学士和硕士学位，然后在哈佛大学获得硕士学位，然后在哈佛任教，然后与我们共同编写了我们学校中文课程使用的中文教科书
you are completely wrong. Gaokao prep is almost entirely memorization and trick methods, particularly in the language sections. Not sure what the curriculum at the actual universities is though
你完全错了。高考的准备几乎完全是记忆和技巧方法，尤其是在语文部分。不过我不确定实际大学的课程是什么。
The young children are very far ahead of Western children but by the end of high school the standards in China aren't much higher. The Gaokao maths is probably around the difficulty of a high level year 12 math final in Europe or slightly higher, but definitely not the leagues ahead of Europeans this 5th grader is.
中国的小孩子比西方孩子领先很多，但到了高中毕业，他们的水平也高不了多少。高考数学的难度可能与欧洲高水平的 12 年级数学期末考试相当或略高，但绝对比不上这个五年级学生所在的欧洲人。
Formulas are fine. They're generic ways to solve problems.
Sure you can apply other techniques like that chicken and rabbit problem. But, that's just another technique (or formula) that's less generic than expressing it as a simultaneous equation.
公式很好。它们是解决问题的通用方法。
当然，你可以应用其他技巧，比如鸡兔同笼问题。但那只是另一种技巧（或公式），比起用联立方程表达更不通用。
关于最小周长/面积问题，我知道答案是圆形，因为许多自然界的事物（例如水滴）都会形成球体，最小化表面积，但我还是会通过写出所有的面积来双重确认我的直觉。
对于圆形问题，虽然题目表述得很糟糕，但一旦你意识到矩形的长度是圆周的一半，使用公式就能得出同样的结果。那个孩子熟悉将圆切割成矩形的概念（通常在推导圆的面积时会用到，假设你知道直径），所以他能够直觉地用这一点回答出来。
直觉的捷径很酷，但它们专门用于解决某种类型的问题。那个孩子之所以令人印象深刻，是因为他熟悉这些捷径，并能够在几秒钟内在脑海中运用它们。
Sheldon you are so good with kids and such a great sport!
That kid is so bright and gracious too! Smart and impeccable manners! He is very smart but was so humble when he won- he was so gracious and he looked like he was about to cry when they handed him the 100 red pocket.
Sheldon，你真的是孩子们的好榜样，真是个伟大的人！
那个孩子真聪明又优雅！既聪明又有礼貌！他非常聪明，但在赢得奖项时却很谦虚，非常有礼貌，当他们给他100元红包时，他看起来差点哭出来。
The last question could also be clarified more by saying that it’s the circumference that you’re asking instead of how long the rectangle is vs how long the circle is. How long could also be diameter.
最后一个问题也可以更清楚地说明，你问的是周长，而不是矩形有多长，圆有多长。长度也可以是直径。
Chinese education is tough man, I went to a school in china for a year and literally almost failed, another thing that makes it extremely hard, is the language, speaking it is easy, but writing and reading are hard af
中国的教育真的是很严格，我在中国上了一年的学校，差点就挂科了。另一个非常难的地方是语言，虽然说中文不难，但写和读起来简直太难了。
The boy has a very deep & good knowledge of logic
这个男孩有非常深厚的逻辑知识
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in Chinese we call it a "mental thinking" which is how different a person approaches an answer or just its unique way of thinking.
在中文里我们称之为“思维方式”，指的是一个人解决问题的不同方法或独特的思维方式。
I'm not Chinese but I did use this approach with the rabbit and chicken problem. When I saw the way the older guy solved it, I immediately chuckled because that was the way I was also taught in American schools (more systematic/formulaic approach). However, solving these problems by thinking it in your head makes it a more fun mental challenge.
我不是中国人，但我确实用过这种方法来解兔子和鸡的问题。当我看到那个年长的男人解题的方式时，我立刻笑了，因为那正是我在美国学校所学到的（更系统/公式化的解法）。然而，通过在脑海中思考这些问题，使其变成了一种更有趣的思维挑战。
18:20 That is actually taught in middle school. You don't realize how much basic knowledge you have forgotten until you see it again in elementary or middle school textbooks.
18:20 这个实际上是在中学就教过的。你直到看到小学或中学的课本才意识到你已经忘记了多少基础知识。
idk why the engineer guy took so long,but you can literally see the thing,the part I think schools are failing is that they don't make children logical,they don't get the essence of reasoning
我不知道为什么工程师花了这么长时间，但你确实可以看到这一点，我认为学校失败的部分是他们没有让孩子们有逻辑，他们没有理解推理的本质
exactly no one teaches where the heck the formula of area of a circle came from. its just remember the formula ask no more
没错，没有人教你圆的面积公式到底是怎么来的。只要记住公式就行了，别再问了。
I'm not sure where you are from but I'm from New Zealand and in my school they emphasize on teaching where how the formulas are derived rather than giving you the formula.
我不确定你来自哪里，但我来自新西兰，在我们的学校，他们强调教你公式是如何推导出来的，而不是直接给你公式。
For that question I still don't get it. When each piece is cut won't the ends be curved like a pizza slice? So how do they form a rectangle when put together? I think im missing something?!
对于这个问题，我还是不明白。当每一片切开时，难道两端不会像披萨切片那样弯曲吗？那它们放在一起怎么形成一个矩形？我觉得我是不是漏掉了什么？
Should I send my future kids to China for their foundational school years?? this kids thinking is so good
我应该把未来的孩子送到中国读基础教育吗？ 这个孩子的思维真好。
Your kids will learn a lot in China. BUT he/she will also feel tired and every day under pressure.
你的孩子在中国会学到很多东西。但他/她也会感到很累，每天都有压力。
Chinese people here. This knowledge is actually taught in extracurricular competition classes in primary school, but as an ordinary kid who has never attended those classes, there’s no way I can solve these problems.
中国人来这里了。这些知识其实小学课外竞赛课上就有教的，但是作为一个没上过课的普通孩子，我根本解决不了这些问题。
I got a score of 26 which while isn’t horrendous, it’s CRAZY how much smarter both Sheldon and the boy are!
For context I’m a 3rd year CS major with a 3.3GPA (was a 3.5 last semester but I ate a bad grade Fall 2024)
我得了26分，虽然不算很糟糕，但真是太疯狂了，Sheldon和那个男孩真的太聪明了！
背景说明：我是大三的计算机科学专业学生，GPA是3.3（上学期是3.5，但在2024年秋季学期成绩不好）。
sheldon did very well. that kid is top of his class, which means he does a lot of math olympiad questions, which are questions like the ones we saw. the boy is well trained.
Sheldon做得很好。那个孩子是班级的尖子生，这意味着他做了很多数学奥林匹克题目，就像我们看到的那些题目一样。那个男孩受过很好的训练。
Not really trained, the kid is just smart and uses simple (untrained raw intelligence) original thinking to solve problems. When you grow older, absorb so much knowledge and get trained, you will lose this capability. Of course, both are very smart. It's easier to use formulas, which implies lots of training, but lack of original thinking.
不完全是训练出来的，那个孩子只是很聪明，凭借简单（未经训练的原始智慧）的思维来解决问题。等你长大，吸收了很多知识并且接受过训练后，你会失去这种能力。当然，两者都非常聪明。使用公式更容易，这意味着受过大量训练，但缺乏原始思维。
When you view things at the right angle, things are damn easy. You look it the wrong way, you are dealing with rocket science
当你从正确的角度看问题时，事情就变得非常简单。如果你以错误的角度看待事物，你就是在处理火箭科学
Well to be fair, the further up you go the more specialized you become in Math. You start focusing on very specific areas and equations while getting weaker in another.
公平地说，越往上走，数学就越专业化。你开始专注于非常具体的领域和公式，同时在其他方面会变得较弱。
Fun Fact: The Final question is the question that led to the invention of calculus. Greeks trying to understand circles and their properties led to the discovery of concepts like imaginary numbers, and that started a chain of discoveries that would end up with calculus.
有趣的事实：最后一个问题是导致微积分发明的问题。古希腊人试图理解圆形及其属性，最终发现了像虚数这样的概念，这引发了一连串的发现，最终导致了微积分的诞生。
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Those math questions bring back trauma from when I was a kid in China. You need math Olympiad training to get into good middle schools. And almost all of these questions are standard questions for 3 graders. I was considered a shit student back then so that was some fun time.
这些数学问题让我想起了小时候在中国时的创伤。你需要接受数学奥林匹克训练才能进入好的中学。而且几乎所有这些问题都是三年级学生的标准问题。当时我被认为是一个差劲的学生，所以那段时间很有趣。
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you need to learn to think which is a skill (trainable/learnable) starting in preschool - preschool and primary schools are the most important for mental development
你需要学会思考，这是一项可以训练/学习的技能，从幼儿园开始——幼儿园和小学是大脑发展的最重要阶段。
yes, math Olympiad trains you to think. However, in that system, if you aren’t good at certain things (such as intense math Olympiad and poem reciting) that the school system wants you to be, you (an 8 years old) are a pile of horseshit. The system could, in Chinese saying, “kill a lot of buds in its infancy.” I am grateful that my parents saw how unhealthy that was, packed up, and took me to the US.
是的，数学奥林匹克训练你思考。然而，在那个体系里，如果你不擅长某些东西（比如强度很大的数学奥林匹克和背诗朗诵），而这些是学校系统要求的，你（一个8岁的孩子）就像一堆废物。用中国的一句老话说，"在它的幼年阶段就扼杀了很多嫩芽"。我很感激我的父母看到了这种不健康的教育方式，收拾行李带我去了美国。
我曾在北京的一所精英中文学校上学。甚至有5、6岁孩子的疯狂入学考试。而那时候，这是能接受的最好的教育。
Sorry if this is too long. I saw math Olympiad questions and trauma kicked into my door and said hello to me.
不过，话说回来，数学奥林匹克可能是可选的。我现在很有信心自己擅长学习。我去年拿到了博士学位。现在又开始在纽约的一所大学教书了。
抱歉，如果这段话太长。我看到数学奥林匹克题目时，创伤突然闯进我的心门跟我打了个招呼。
I think we are talking about two different things, but yes I agree with your opinion. What I was talking about is the extreme side of forcing kids to go through the ruthless system of you have to do math Olympiad or you fail that was prent in China 10-20 years ago, not sure about now. Like I said—it’s traumatic. Like your teachers would tell you in your face that “you are trash” kind of traumatic. Or “you think you’re good at school work now? girls are dumber than boys, and boys will catch up and be smarter than you” kind of traumatic. And yes that was what I was told back then in elementary school, which is what you mentioned as the most important phase of education.
我觉得我们在谈论的事情有些不同，但我同意你的看法。我说的其实是过去10到20年在中国盛行的那种极端的教育体制，孩子们被迫参与数学奥林匹克比赛，不然就会被认为失败的那种状况，不知道现在是否还存在。就像我说的——那是种创伤性经历。比如老师会当面告诉你“你是垃圾”这种话，或者“你现在觉得自己学业很好？女孩比男孩笨，男孩会赶上并且比你聪明”这种话，都是创伤性的。是的，那些话是我小时候在小学时被说的，这也是你提到的教育中最重要的阶段。
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I like how the 5th grader uses logic for the last question, but in America they require us to “show your work” which is super annoying.
我很喜欢那位五年级学生在最后一个问题中使用的逻辑，但在美国，他们要求我们“展示过程”，这真的很烦人。
showing working is literally to show the logic/method you used to arrive at your answer, except showing working is specifically the mathematical method.
展示过程实际上是展示你用来得出答案的逻辑/方法，只不过展示的过程是具体的数学方法。
I was still learning fractions in 5th grade lol
我在五年级时还在学习分数，哈哈。
First time I actually download a sponsored app, I’ve been learning Japanese for close to 3 years and kanji has been the most difficult thing for me to learn.
这是我第一次下载赞助的应用程序，我学日语快三年了，汉字是我学起来最难的东西。
Sheldon wasn't going to save the money until heard the kid say it
谢尔顿本来不会省钱，直到听到那个孩子说了那句话。
I had friend in middle school who was from China and he said he was the worst student in his class so his parents sent him to the United States to live with his aunt and at our school he was a top student.
我在中学时有个来自中国的朋友，他说自己是班里最差的学生，所以他的父母把他送到美国和他的阿姨一起生活，在我们学校他是一名尖子学生。
15:43 This is just nitpicking btw, but I can’t be the only one who misinterpreted “length” in the last question to be the difference in their horizontal lengths (length of the rectangle minus the diameter of the circle, which would have given a value closest to 6), instead of the difference in their perimeters.
I was so confused when the answer was 10.
15:43 顺便说一下，这只是挑剔，但我不能是唯一一个把最后一个问题中的“长度”误解为它们水平长度的差（矩形的长度减去圆的直径，这会得到接近6的值），而不是它们周长的差。我当时看到答案是10时非常困惑。
Haha that's what I thought! Difference in length is not the same as difference in the perimeter which is what the question said. I can understand the Chinese child getting that because of language but yeh that answer I got 5pie-10 fairly quickly. But I learnt that in year 9. No way would I have gotten that in year 5 or even year 8!
哈哈，我也是这么想的！长度的差异和周长的差异是不同的，这就是题目所说的。我能理解中国的孩子会搞错这一点，因为语言的原因，但我很快就得出了5π-10这个答案。不过我是9年级学到的这些知识。如果是在5年级甚至8年级，我根本不可能做出这个答案！
For that question I still don't get it. When each piece is cut won't the ends be curved like a pizza slice? So how do they form a rectangle when put together? I think im missing something?!
对于那个问题我还是不明白。每块切下来后，难道不会像披萨片一样，边缘是弯曲的吗？那它们怎么拼起来形成矩形呢？我好像漏掉了什么？
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The "rectangle" is an approximation. To be precise, the resulting shape is some shape with curvy edges, and you want to compare its perimeter against that of the original circle.
“矩形”是一个近似值。准确来说，得到的形状是一个边缘弯曲的形状，你需要比较它的周长与原来圆的周长。
Yes. You are correct, will be curvy and hard to calculate. However, the thinner the slice you cut the circle, the straighter the curved edges will be. Imagine if you cut it into infinitely thin slices, the curved edge will appear to flattened out and more and more appropriate a rectangle when you combine the slices.
是的，你说得对，结果会是弯曲的，计算起来很困难。不过，切得越薄，圆形的弯曲边缘就越直。想象一下，如果你把它切成无限薄的切片，弯曲的边缘就会看起来变平，拼接起来时，形状会越来越像矩形。
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I think sheldon is more surprised that all these adults havent seen these questions before and are still solving them pretty fast.
我觉得谢尔顿更惊讶的是，所有这些成年人之前竟然没见过这些问题，而且还能这么快地解出来。
Engineer student in third year, the only question I got wrong was the eclipse one
我是大三的工程学学生，唯一答错的题是那个关于日食的题。
Was that last question actually hard? Because I just used logic like the kid and got it just as fast. I might have failed on the earlier geography questions as I definitely don’t know the order of the continents or oceans in size but that final question was easy to me.
最后那个问题真的很难吗？因为我就像那个孩子一样用逻辑推理，解得一样快。我可能在前面的地理题上会失败，因为我完全不知道各大洲或海洋的大小顺序，但最后那个问题对我来说很简单。
I know right? The last one is like the easiest. Sheldon must have misunderstood the question cos the shape on his board looked like a rectangle with 4 straight sides.
对吧？最后那个题简直是最简单的。谢尔顿一定是误解了题目，因为他板子上的形状看起来像是一个四条直边的矩形。
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Once my mother finds this video I’m done for. I swear I never learnt these in 5th grade. (Probably because my teacher never taught us shit. I’m in Canada and honestly, the grade I’m in now after many years, this year’s math teacher is actually teaching us.)
一旦我妈看到这个视频，我就完了。我发誓我在五年级的时候没学过这些。（可能是因为我的老师从来没教过我们。我住在加拿大，说实话，多年后我现在的年级，今年的数学老师确实在教我们。）
this child is smarter than 99.9% of the american voting population
这个孩子比99.9%的美国选民都聪明。
I would get the last question right if he said “perimeter” instead of just “longer”
如果他说的是“周长”而不是单纯的“更长”，我就能答对最后那个问题了。
I think maybe something got lost in translation, or the kid misunderstood the question, but the host didn't want to make things awkward. Should have just been very clear from the start. I solved it as the actual length of the rectangle versus the diameter of the circle, in which case it is 5pi-10, which is close to 5.7
我想可能是翻译出了问题，或者孩子误解了问题，但主持人不想让事情变得尴尬。从一开始就应该说得很清楚。我把它解成了矩形的实际长度与圆的直径，这样的话答案是 5π-10，差不多是5.7。
Can someone clarify the moon question? Depending on the location, if your within the partial eclipse event, you should still see the moon. That's what makes it partial.
有人能解释一下月亮的问题吗？根据位置，如果你处在部分日食事件中，你应该还能看到月亮。这就是部分日食的定义。
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Those weren't the only inaccuracies, ironically.
The answer to which phenomenon the moon wouldn't appear in is obviously option A- the Solar eclipse.
这些并不是唯一的不准确之处，具有讽刺意味的是。
月亮不会出现的现象的答案显然是 A——日全食。
Bruh the last question is also misleading - it should have specified that long refers to the perimeter of the shapes not the shape itself. I thought the question was asking if how much longer in length is the longer side of the rectangle longer than the perimeter of the circle. I got a similar logic as the kid and would have gotten that right if the question was clarified
兄弟，最后一个问题也具有误导性——它应该明确指出长是指形状的周长，而不是形状本身。我以为问题是问矩形的长边比圆的周长长多少。我的逻辑和那个孩子类似，如果问题得到澄清，我就会回答正确
The quality of education in China and most of Asia can not be compared to education in the West (I'm from Australia)
中国和大多数亚洲国家的教育质量根本无法与西方教育相比（我来自澳大利亚）。
any explanation on eclipse question? didn't get it though, if based on visibility, isn't solar eclipse closest answer to total solar eclipse, where you can't literally see the moon, whereas you still able to see the moon (darkened or reddish hue) under total lunar eclipse.
有人能解释一下关于日食的问题吗？虽然没有明白，如果基于可见性，日食不是最接近日全食的答案吗？在日全食下你根本看不到月亮，而在月全食下你仍然可以看到月亮（变暗或微红色）。
Omg he’s so smart if I was there I would look so dumb if I was there he’s so so so smart!
天哪，他太聪明了，如果我在那儿，我肯定看起来很笨，他真是太太太聪明了！
Thank you, CantoMando, for the fascinating experiment. Among many other things, it underscores the cultural differences between Chinese and Western thinking. With due respect to Sheldon, the Chinese system is superior, despite each having its pros and cons.
感谢CantoMando的精彩实验。除了其他方面，它还凸显了中西方思维之间的文化差异。谢尔顿尊重我的观点，我认为中国体系更胜一筹，尽管两者各有利弊。
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西方的方法类似于英语，其中字母代表声音，而中文的方法则是使用字符来直接传达含义。在英语中，你一次写一个字母/字母表，然后在写完单词后在脑海中处理单词的含义。相比之下，中文字符（象形文字或表意文字）就像图片一样，可以立即直接代表其含义。简而言之，中文更高效、更智能、更快捷。
这种对比在两人解决问题的方法上表现得很明显。谢尔顿遵循一种看似系统的工作流程来解决问题，而xianxian似乎通过一种更快、更流畅但更全面的心理过程立即掌握了答案。这种类比延伸到西方象棋和中国围棋：在西方象棋中，棋手一步步前进以将死对手，而在围棋中，棋手同时考虑整体战略和个人动作，将胜利视为一个整体结果。今天，在 2025 年，中国人拥有显著的优势，因为他们拥有一个更完整、更全面的系统，该系统融合/整合了这两种方法，例如通过在汉字中嵌入汉语拼音。
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Need the kid on the Chinese math app vs college math students
需要使用中国数学应用程序的孩子与大学数学学生
i love how theres a picture of chairman M in the background lmfao
我喜欢背景中有毛主席的照片，笑死我了。
So much pressure sitting next to a smart 5th grader, I mean he tried his best. The kid is so cute and polite. I’m glad I wasn’t in the school system in china for too long, those questions are so hard, I personally get compliments for being the smart one mostly in Math. But here I feel like I’m fine, bye bye
坐在一个聪明的五年级生旁边真有压力，意思是他已经尽力了。这个孩子真可爱又有礼貌。我很高兴自己没在中国的教育体系呆太久，那些问题太难了，我个人大部分时间都被夸数学很聪明。但在这里我觉得没问题，拜拜。
A rectangle can have different dimensions than a square and still have the same perimeter.
i.e. a 1.5 unit square has the same perimeter than a 2x1 rectangle yet in this case the square would still have a larger area.
一个矩形和一个正方形可以有不同的尺寸，但周长相同。
例如，一个1.5单位的正方形和一个2x1的矩形有相同的周长，但在这种情况下，正方形的面积更大。
Solving a problem in a simpler way is definitely smarter.
以更简单的方式解决问题绝对更聪明。
Tbh, non of these problem are hard, I as a 8th grade solved all those problems pretty quickly. I could’ve definitely done all of them pretty quick as well when I was in 5~6 grade. Granted I’m a Chinese student in America, non of the problem were that difficult.
老实说，这些问题都不难，我八年级的时候很快就解决了所有问题。我五六年级的时候肯定也能很快解决所有问题。当然，我是一名在美国的中国学生，这些问题都不是那么难。
took me way too long to realise that the last question was talking about the length of the perimeters of both shapes, and not just the length of both shapes
我花了很长时间才意识到最后一个问题是在讨论两个形状的周长，而不仅仅是两个形状的长度
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Asian kids use their brains in everything, particularly logical thinking. Unlike in the US, parents tend to let their kids do what interests them, very little interference, and kids at that age mostly prefer physical activity, so their body develops better compared to Asian kids. But the reality is, it doesn't matter whether you are Asian or American, it's the environment that changes your way of living, both mentally and physically!
亚洲孩子在任何事情上都用脑，尤其是逻辑思维。不像在美国，父母倾向于让孩子做他们感兴趣的事情，很少干涉，这个年龄段的孩子大多喜欢体育活动，所以他们的身体比亚洲孩子发育得更好。但事实是，无论你是亚洲人还是美国人，是环境改变了你的生活方式，无论是精神上还是身体上！
This kid is smart, and you might try to highlight the “smart asian kid” image. But I actually don’t think it’s 100% fair to use these type questions because the kid obviously has learned them before, he knows the formula and logic behind already. （like 鸡兔同笼，圆的面积推导）I think next time better use other type questions and solvable with what he’s learned.
这个孩子很聪明，你可以试着突出“聪明的亚洲孩子”的形象。但实际上我认为使用这些类型的问题并不 100% 公平，因为这个孩子显然以前学过，他已经知道背后的公式和逻辑。（例如鸡兔同笼，圆的面积推导）我认为下次最好使用其他类型的问题，并用他学到的知识来解决。
I teach in high school in China. This kid is not representative of most of my students. I have 20 grade 10 students who could not do much of this. Heck some of my year 12 would struggle. The student demographics here and US are very similar.
我在中国的高中教书。这个孩子不能代表我的大多数学生。我有20个10年级的学生，他们做不到这些。见鬼，我12年级的一些学生会挣扎。这里的学生人口结构和美国非常相似。
There is no freaking way an american 5th grade kid would be able to answer any of these.
一个美国五年级的孩子是不可能回答这些问题的。
Getting an engineering degree doesn’t make you an engineer. Sheldon just ‘studied’ engineering
获得工程学位并不能让你成为一名工程师。谢尔顿只是“学的”工程学
That's rude! I think he did great by solving the problems the way University's math taught us. It shows that he is influenced by what he learnt from Uni.
太粗鲁了！我认为他通过按照大学数学教给我们的方式解决问题做得很好。这表明他受到了大学所学知识的影响。
Does the sponsor basically allow me to watch any anime in English sub even if I had no intention of learning a selling point you missed
赞助商是否基本上允许我观看任何英文字幕的动漫，即使我无意学习你错过的卖点
The kid must have been going to new orientatal or think academy on weekends. He s so used to testing.
那孩子周末一定是去了新生学校或者思想学院。他已经习惯了测试。
technically they're both wrong on the eclipse, the moon is fully in shadow during TOTAL lunar eclipse, and not partial eclipse
从技术上讲，他们对月食的预测都是错的，月全食时月亮完全处于阴影中，而不是月偏食
With the size of the population of China and this is just a simple and small example of our educational system how is America going to compete?
考虑到中国人口规模，这只是我们教育体系的一个简单而小的例子，美国将如何竞争？
Idk if it's relevant to sth or the boy is just a serious guy but it strange to see a 5th grader to not bother to smile a real one in almost vidWhen i was a 5th grader then i would just laugh in this whole challenge bc i bet i cant even answer more than 3
我不知道这是否与某事有关，或者这个男孩只是一个严肃的人，但看到一个五年级的学生在几乎所有的视频中都懒得笑，这很奇怪当我还是五年级学生的时候，我会在整个挑战中大笑，因为我打赌我甚至答不出超过 3 个
Actually, the engineer was the one who memorised formulas while the child had the logic.
其实，工程师是记忆公式的人，而孩子是记忆逻辑的人。
Indian students in 5th grade can do this but the ratio of who can in 5th grade is much less than china likely
印度五年级的学生可以做到这一点，但五年级能做到这一点的人的比例可能比中国少得多
Just search by something like highest iq by country and you will always see a bunch of each Asian countries at the top.
只要按国家/地区搜索最高智商，您就会发现顶部有一堆亚洲国家。
This is the same reasoning behind why Elon says that you won't find the best Engineers in the U.S. Yes he does want lower wages, but students in Asia do produce better thinkers because they focus heavily on word and logic focused questions in tests while we use mainly do equations that requires formulas. It's basically the difference between practical use and impractical use, you can recite the definitions and formulas but you aren't going to be able to innovate and think of new problems and solve things nearly as well.
这也是为什么 Elon 说你在美国找不到最好的工程师的原因。是的，他确实想要更低的工资，但亚洲的学生确实能培养出更好的思考者，因为他们在考试中非常注重文字和逻辑问题，而我们主要做需要公式的方程式。这基本上就是实际使用和不实际使用之间的区别，你可以背诵定义和公式，但你将无法创新、思考新问题并解决问题。
I went through New York City public education and we learned the reasoning behind math, not memorizing formulas
我上过纽约市的公立学校，我们学习的是数学背后的原理，而不是死记公式
He is a smart boy, you guys speaking English and he is understanding everything you say, 5th grade level smart than you
他是个聪明的男孩，你们说英语，他能理解你们说的一切，五年级的水平比你聪明
Amazing episode! I knew the 5th grader would win because students in China are brilliant! But Sheldon's still way smarter than most North Americans. Where in China is xian xian from? Where did you find him? Does schooling in China vary from place to place? Is it different from Northern to Central to Southern China, or is it more like from rural to urban areas?
精彩的一集！我知道五年级学生会赢，因为中国的学生很聪明！但谢尔顿仍然比大多数北美人聪明得多。xianxian来自中国哪里？你在哪里找到他的？中国各地的教育是否不同？从中国北部到中部再到南部，教育是否不同，还是更像从农村到城市？
i dont think it is a good test , because their brain are processing with different language , the last question is too obvious , you probably will misunderstand the question if you are using english , but Chinese won't at the same question , or reverse
我认为这不是一个好的测试，因为他们的大脑在处理不同的语言，最后一个问题太明显了，如果你用英语，你可能会误解这个问题，但中国人不会在同一个问题上，或者反过来
They are both Asian so there is no point in comparing. Why don't you compare an African, American or European engineer with the kid?
他们都是亚洲人，所以没有比较的意义。你为什么不拿非洲、美国或欧洲的工程师和这个孩子比较一下呢？
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Would not say that Chinese kids in China are a different breed lol, just based on my personal experience... This feeds itno harmful stereotypes too.
我不会说中国的孩子是不同的品种哈哈，只是根据我的个人经验...这也助长了有害的刻板印象。
The math wasn't that hard for 5th grader. I am not impressed. The kids obviously did a lot of math practice, nothing less and nothing more. There is nothing smart about doing a lot of practice and do well in the test. When I see the kids and I see myself 30 years ago. I hope I spent more time playing sports back then.
对于五年级学生来说，数学并不难。我并不觉得难。孩子们显然做了很多数学练习，不多不少。做大量练习并在考试中取得好成绩并不是什么聪明的做法。当我看到这些孩子时，我看到了 30 年前的自己。我希望那时我能花更多时间参加体育运动。