This lovely little Asian mixed metaphor - used and loosely translated throughout the Orient - doesn't receive the attention that it should. Why do the blue-eyed foreign devils think too much?

It's a cultural thing. Check out Hofstede's cultural dimensions (you could google or go straight to http://www.geert-hofstede.com/ and learn about the UAI (Uncertainty Avoidance Index).

That was easy! Thanks. What's the next question?

It's a cultural thing. Check out Hofstede's cultural dimensions (you could google or go straight to http://www.geert-hofstede.com/ and learn about the UAI (Uncertainty Avoidance Index).

That was easy! Thanks. What's the next question?

Interesting {and predictably}, one will instinctively use a Western-centric reference when examining non-Western subject matter. Can't be sold......

It's a cultural thing. Check out Hofstede's cultural dimensions (you could google or go straight to http://www.geert-hofstede.com/ and learn about the UAI (Uncertainty Avoidance Index).

That was easy! Thanks. What's the next question?

Interesting {and predictably}, one will instinctively use a Western-centric reference when examining non-Western subject matter. Can't be sold......

How is saying "there is a cultural difference" western-centric? Have you even looked at the research about UAI?

It's a cultural thing. Check out Hofstede's cultural dimensions (you could google or go straight to http://www.geert-hofstede.com/ and learn about the UAI (Uncertainty Avoidance Index).

That was easy! Thanks. What's the next question?

Interesting {and predictably}, one will instinctively use a Western-centric reference when examining non-Western subject matter. Can't be sold......

How is saying "there is a cultural difference" western-centric? Have you even looked at the research about UAI?

The reference, mate. The reference.