Japan wax

... lands are not only poorer (save from few oil countries) but also way behind in science when compared to more liberal western countries and Japan, where science does not tie people up. Below is a quote from one of many studies that indicate that scientists are significantly less religious ...

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... effectively among civilians, when the only way to tell who's a terrorist and who's not is when the terrorist blows himself up. Probably the reason Japan came around so well was because they got nuked. That sort of firepower might've convinced even the most hard-line lunatics to calm down a bit. ...

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Yeah - rebuilding countries... When has that actually worked, besides Japan? Things aren't looking so good in Iraq or Afganistan right now... Sure we dump lots of money into them, but to make the sorts of changes that are really needed, maybe it requires more ...

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... stem cells, and can be made from adult skin cells using a genetic reprogramming technique pioneered by Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University in Japan (New Scientist, 24 November 2007, p 7). If all these experiments pan out, then the stage would be set for a gay man to donate skin cells that ...

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... as anything the ancients ever wrote. Consider, for example, the differences in how World War II history is taught in schools in the US and in Japan. You almost wonder if they're both talking about the same war. Thankfully i am an Indian where the perspective is more neutral.Like the book never ...

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