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Steelrails · Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Location: Earth, Solar System

Which do you think is a better indication of intelligence- taste in comedy or mathematical reasoning?

Anyone else tired of the denigration of mathematics and science that tends to crop up on these boards? I find it odd that in one paragraph people will trumpet scientific achievements and in the next, dismiss scores showing high science and mathematical abilities.

In my experience, the people who tend to belittle math and science are those who are rather poor at it and are trying to compensate for that fact. They also tend to be rather frustrated at the fact that those people tend to be making more money than them.

It's a symptom of the wider anti-intellectual movement.

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Steelrails · Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Location: Earth, Solar System

Actually Britain has been invaded at least once within those last 800 years and lost its monarch in the process. However, that was because of a claimant-in-exile and a dispute over the crown. Perhaps there are other times.

supernick · Joined: 24 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

Who said Korea invented kim-chi?

Kim-chi, like so many other presrved food was originally from China. The Chinese used salt or brine along with dried meats or fish to preserve vegetables. If you look back in history, this is why China had salt wars as there wasn't enough to go round. This process of preserving food expanded to Korea, and until about 1600 ad, Korean preserved vegetable did not resemble the modern day dish. It was made from a grass like vegetable not the bok choi used today. Bok choi was introduced by the Chinese as they had been preseving it for the longest time. Red chilli powder was introduced by the Japanese in 1592 to add flavor and to preseve the vegetable longer. At first Koreans refused to eat it because they thought the Japanese were trying to poison them.

So there you have it. Its origin is Chinese and was made better by the Japanese. I also think the word kim-chi or its original word dim-chi is Chinese as it has Chinese characters.

If you go to China you will see that China too has lots of preserved food/ They add it to food that they are cooking whereas Korean eat it as a side dish.

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Steelrails · Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Location: Earth, Solar System

I was referring to the Battle of Bosworth and the invasion by...I can't remember, let me wiki it...Henry VII. However, he landed with a small army and gathered up supporting forces, and as a claimant himself, this could be interpreted both ways. Yes, it was an internal civil war and an English invasion of England. On the other hand, the head of government was deposed in battle as a result of the invasion and a new government put in place. Certainly it is not the same as a full out invasion.

England has been conquered, but it was conquered by England. There was also the Stephen vs. Empress Matilda affair, that was another war over claims and might as well be French/English vs. French/English.

England can be invaded, but those invaders darn well better be English!

Regardless, it is clear that skillfulness in arms, combined with judicious use of the terrain and steady navigation of international intrigues allowed England to preserve its independence.