Steve Sloan II wrote:

> "Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO" wrote:
>
> > > ARAB / ISLAMIC NOBEL WINNERS
> > > 19.6% of World's Population
> > > 1.2 billion Muslims
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > JEWISH NOBEL WINNERS
> > > 0.2% OF WORLDS POPULATION
> > > 14.1 Million Jews
> >
> > I wonder what the use of this set of statistics is, anyway.
> > It looks like it was compiled by someone who (wrongfully)
> > wanted to "prove" that Jews are superior to Arabs/Muslims.
>
> It doesn't prove that Jews are superior to Arabs/Muslims, but
> it certainly suggests something about the current states (and
> values) of their cultures.

Yeah, who has the best lobbyists and who is most interested in a prize
instituted by a western organisation that is highly valued in the west. I
mean, there is that claim that it is the most prestigious prize in the
"world" but I'm not so sure if all the world is included in that
mentioning. Are there Japaneese scollars who won that prize? I do know for
a fact that in certain areas they do some really groundbreaking work that
hardly gets a mention in western research literature just because of
language barriers. I can imagine that the same holds for Arabs.

Sonja

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