Re: 150 new species found in Singapore


Would you be interested in long legged flies?

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"Wakalukong" <wakalukong@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The Straits Times of 6 Feb carried a report that a Belgian scientist
had discovered 150 new species of long-legged flies in a single year of
research in Singapore. Before his discoveries, there were only 44
known species of such flies.

I thought we have scientists, A* scholars, gifted students, world
champion science and mathematics students, this hub and that hub. The
150 new species were a free gift to us and no Singaporean discovered
them -- not even 1 out of 150. And they're located at popular and
easily accessible places, like the Central Catchment Area, Sungei Buloh
and Chek Java. A Singaporean could have easily become the world's
number one authority on long-legged flies, but it didn't happen.

Makes me wonder what happened.

Wakalukong

The difference is in the attitude. Singaporean scholars are expected
to focus on those pet areas of their masters. Western scholars follow
their personal interests. It is obvious which is a bigger motivation
force.




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