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Are the British Smarter Than We?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on June 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Or is it smarter than us? A few years back I had the rare privilege of attending a conference in England. Most of the chaps at the conference were my age, assistant professors in their mid-30s to mid-40s. What I found remarkable was, first, their facility with languages. While most of them spoke English tolerably well, [...]

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