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Ha thanks. I am from Slovak Republic originally. I don't think our schools are that good to be honest but I think there is a stronger emphasis on math/physics a

• mannykannot 9y ago
  I have always thought (guessed, really) that it is because Eastern Europe (and, more recently, many parts of Asia) recognize something that the West sometimes forgets, even though that is where you will find the strongest evidence for it: technical competence can lead to radically better lives.
  • kaitai 9y ago
    Another factor: I know several people who went into math because it could not be politicized. There was not a party line to toe.
    • indigochill 9y ago
      They should hear about the Pythagoreans' discovery of irrational numbers (in which the discoverer is said to have been drowned at sea for undermining their belief that only positive ratios could exist): https://brilliant.org/discussions/thread/discovery-of-irrational-numbers/ https://brilliant.org/discussions/thread/discovery-of-irrati...
      • the_d00d 9y ago
        Interesting point, but if I remember correctly it was religious zeal rather than political.