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To: JD who wrote (48393)	4/27/2005 3:13:36 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Instead of fastest trains anyday I would prefer fastest brains.. The harsh, unfortunate lesson taught by the train crash just outside Osaka this past Monday was learning how very high the price of failure can be when a 'just in time' policy is applied to a system where humans are the inventory... Agreed- I think that obsession and fixation with nano second timekeeping does make humans robots, we are no robots, may be 90 percent of brain energy is required for the refinement, taste and innovative faculties, 'take why' the natural curiousity of we humans that encourages cost benefit of any action and our brain functions would require far less to energy to burn, what distinguished us from 'whales' and 'elephants' should not be lost to obsessed preoccupation with timing, look at the European Union state, “it is the research silly.” I would say, keep informal but get the best research and a free inquisitive mind the combo can achieve wonders. It is for this reason that the economic gap between the European Union and the United States has been widening as suggested by the Swedish PM. The other post today highlighted that unique feature embedded in US society and recaps it all- In the 20th century, countries could get away with political restrictions on the freedom of businesses and citizens. Today, however, financial and human capital rapidly flows to the places where they are allowed to grow. While the EU Commission is standing by, Europe's researchers are moving to the United States. Currently, as many as 400,000 European scientists work in U.S. research facilities. Most have no plans of returning. .