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And 1945. Double whammy. Germany never made a comeback. The anti-science culture revolution of the 1970s cemented this. It's cool to be bad in science in schoo
by KingOfCoders 3y ago
And 1945. Double whammy. Germany never made a comeback.
The anti-science culture revolution of the 1970s cemented this. It's cool to be bad in science in schools since then, every celebrity boasts about how bad they were in mathematics etc.
- nforgerit 3y agoGerman here. It's actually true that you see a lot of "public intellectuals" that publicly tell how bad they were at math. I only realized that when Merkel as chancellor back in Covid times, after numerous meetings with other politicians and non-scientists, found herself explaining exponential growth on a press conference with her fingers. Not sure about the 1970s hypothesis, though.
- KingOfCoders 3y agoGerman here. Grew up in the 70s with anti-intellectual TV-shows (like Rappelkiste).
- 48864w6ui 3y agoDespite that Germany did manage to elect a p-chemist as BK.
- brcmthrowaway 3y agoInteresting idea.. but ABleton comes out of germany!
- KingOfCoders 3y agoI think Germany has been quite good in practical research (see world leading companies, especially smaller ones in niche markets you never heard of), not so in science (think Nobel Prize winners).
- brcmthrowaway 3y agoHow about Zeiss?