Some of them do end up making great discoveries. JD Watson went to the U of Chicago at 15, got his Ph.D at 22 and at 25, discovered the structure of DNA with his researCh partner, Francis Crick. Now that is precocious.
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OK, I admit I haven't researched this thoroughly but I think it was the newspapers and magazines that I've read since I was a kid that's been telling me that China is a 3rd world country. That have a habit of doing that even though if one were to look at the current economic and political facts, it wouldn't be right to lump China together with Somalia and Bangladesh.Also, when you consider that China has lent hundreds of billions to a certain large country with irresponsible fiscal policies, one wonders which is the 3rd world country. And I read recently the infant mortality rate in Beijing is lower that than of DC. Outrageous.
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In many so-called 3rd world countries like China, India, Thailand, internet access is available in many places so they don't need the printed Wikipedia. In places where internet access is not available, they are really too poor and too busy just staying alive to read Wikipedia. Waste of money. The money would be better spent providing a selected villages with internet access. Then they can get to read the real Wikipedia. Printing Wikipedia is going two steps backwards
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Some of them do end up making great discoveries. JD Watson went to the U of Chicago at 15, got his Ph.D at 22 and at 25, discovered the structure of DNA with his researCh partner, Francis Crick. Now that is precocious.
OK, I admit I haven't researched this thoroughly but I think it was the newspapers and magazines that I've read since I was a kid that's been telling me that China is a 3rd world country. That have a habit of doing that even though if one were to look at the current economic and political facts, it wouldn't be right to lump China together with Somalia and Bangladesh.Also, when you consider that China has lent hundreds of billions to a certain large country with irresponsible fiscal policies, one wonders which is the 3rd world country. And I read recently the infant mortality rate in Beijing is lower that than of DC. Outrageous.
In many so-called 3rd world countries like China, India, Thailand, internet access is available in many places so they don't need the printed Wikipedia. In places where internet access is not available, they are really too poor and too busy just staying alive to read Wikipedia. Waste of money. The money would be better spent providing a selected villages with internet access. Then they can get to read the real Wikipedia. Printing Wikipedia is going two steps backwards