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WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE SMARTEST PEOPLE?
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WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE SMARTEST PEOPLE??
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COMMENTS: My vote Japan. But why is America on the list?
by richarddx on Wed Jun 07, 06 12:34pm [+]
The average Japanese IQ is 105, but I’m more impressed by the people of Finland. Coldcircuit
A lot of people think Japan has a great education system but as someone who has lived there I know that is a myth. In Japan once you get into college (the only part of education that is worthwhile!) you stop learning. In Japan university is seen as a kind of gap year between all the years of hard work spent cramming for exams and a lifetime of office work. In fact, at the top university (tokyoU) a professor once gave a test where all students had to do was identify his picture. Half the class failed, they had skiped so much. Despite this if you haven’t gone to a top university your seen as worthless in Japan. A while back there was a case of a well known scientist having his work go unrecognized because he graduated from a tech college. Add that to the fact that I was hired because, as my boss put it, “Japanese don’t know how to think.” And you can see why I’m upset with the U.S. being dissed. True, most people in America are dead ignorant, but I remember a poll in Japan. When asked to locate America the majority of Japanese actually thought it was somewhere in China! Sorry I ranted but I think this self-hating attitude is the main problem in the States nowadays. When asked about things they suck at (like healthcare or economics) Americans think they are the best but when people bring up something they lead the world in (like science and education!)they talk about how terrible they are at it, and the rest of the world buys into this stupidity! I picked Finland because on the whole I think the people are more intelligent, but America is certainly intellectually superior to Japan. P.S. 105 is an average I.Q Elowynd |
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