[ExI] Well-roundedness and character
spike at rainier66.com
spike at rainier66.com
Thu Jun 4 17:30:23 UTC 2020
> On Behalf Of William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] Well-roundedness and character
The results as just exactly what you would expect if two countries each with a billion people send us many of their top people, some of whom become citizens. We are outnumbered by a factor of around 7. And what do these Asians get that we don't, starting in kindergarten? Better math education for sure. ACtually, I think we would expect these results even if their education is no better than ours, solely on the basis of numbers. bill w
Hi BillW, ja, there is that of course: we get top-level families from India and China coming to the states and there are a lot of them. But there is something else too:
If I scroll down a page, I see this:
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R
LI
7
BASIS Independent Fremont
Fremont, CA
23.0
M
LI
7
Debang College
Richmond, BC
23.0
E
LI
7
Evergreen Middle School
Redmond, WA
23.0
K
LI
8
HUNTER COLLEGE HS
NEW YORK, NY
23.0
M
LI
8
Langara College
Vancouver, BC
23.0
D
LI
7
Saint Georges Junior School
Vancouver, BC
23.0
D
LI
8
STANFORD (JANE LATHROP) MIDDLE
Palo Alto, CA
23.0
J
LI
8
Toronto Harvard Intl Academy
Toronto, ON
23.0
T
LI
4
Toronto Harvard Intl Academy
Toronto, ON
23.0
E
LI
8
Treasure Valley Math & Science Center
Boise, ID
23.0
J
LICEN
8
TAKOMA PARK MS
SILVER SPRING, MD
23.0
M
LIEN
8
WARREN E HYDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
CUPERTINO, CA
23.0
E
LIN
8
IS 187 - Christa McAuliffe
Brooklyn, NY
23.0
Y
LIU
5
DANBURY MATH ACADEMY, WCSU
Danbury, CT
23.0
K
LIU
8
Daniel Wright Junior High
Lincolnshire, IL
23.0
J
LIU
5
Debang College
Richmond, BC
23.0
J
LIU
8
harvest park middle school
pleasanton, CA
23.0
R
LIU
8
Joaquin Miller middle school
san jose, CA
23.0
Y
LIU
6
Langara College
Vancouver, BC
23.0
P
LIU
6
Odle Middle School
Bellevue, WA
23.0
Z
LIU
8
Plum Grove Junior High
Rolling Meadows, IL
23.0
K
LIU
8
Princeton Academy
Princeton, NJ
23.0
J
LIU
8
RSM - Newton
Newton, MA
23.0
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LIU
8
University of Chicago Lab School
Chicago, IL
23.0
V
LOH
8
Winchester Thurston School
Pittsburgh, PA
23.0
J
LU
8
Daniel Wright Junior High
Lincolnshire, IL
23.0
M
LU
8
Stonybrook University, Department of Mathematics
Stony Brook, NY
23.0
A
LU
6
TAKOMA PARK MS
SILVER SPRING, MD
23.0
V
LUU
7
Orange County Math Circle
Santa Ana, CA
23.0
A
MA
8
Arizona College Prep Junior High
Chandler, AZ
23.0
S
MA
8
Deerlake Middle
Tallahassee, FL
23.0
J
MA
7
Schimelpfenig Middle School
Plano, TX
23.0
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MADHUKER
8
Carnage Middle School
Raleigh, NC
23.0
O
MAHESH
8
Ellen Fletcher MS
palo alto, CA
23.0
C
MAHESHWARI
8
Harmony School of EXcellence
Houston, TX
23.0
A
MALLANNA
7
William Diamond Middle School
Lexington, MA
23.0
S
MAO
5
Argonault Elementary School
Saratoga, CA
23.0
S
MAO
7
Redwood Middle
saratoga, CA
23.0
R
MARRI
8
Falcon Cove Middle
Weston, FL
23.0
N
MATHIHALLI
8
Redwood Middle
saratoga, CA
Not only is there fewer than one seventh traditional European-sounding names, on most pages there are none.
spike
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