Comments on: Scattered Comments on PY, A*Star and Singapore http://rot.blogsome.com/2008/07/26/scattered-comments-on-py-astar-and-singapore/ All is not well beneath the shiny surface. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:37:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: LH http://rot.blogsome.com/2008/07/26/scattered-comments-on-py-astar-and-singapore/#comment-93 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:33:39 +0100 http://rot.blogsome.com/2008/07/26/scattered-comments-on-py-astar-and-singapore/#comment-93 "Great. We’re paying for people who have little passion for science and go through their daily work gritting their teeth, wondering when they can escape to the financial sector. A great recipe for creativity, no? Yes, these ‘kids’ will ’survive’. But we don’t need or want people who just ’survive’." This sounds strange. Maybe you're not really a "test-tube washer", real test-tube washers have a different view of the allure of the bench and space for creativity in science. "That’s the pattern, isn’t it? If you’re unhappy about your scholarship, you’re a spoilt ungrateful brat. If you criticize Singapore on human rights, you have a ‘hidden agenda’ or are jealous of Singapore’s success." Personally I am not as bothered by bond-breakers as I am of individuals who hurl unsubstantiated accusations at others and gang up with foreigners at any opportunity to attack all Singaporeans. "Loyalty is all well and good, but if you listen only to those who already agree with you, you will never change. You may never deteriorate into something worse, but you also will not change for the better." I definitely agree. “Great. We’re paying for people who have little passion for science and go through their daily work gritting their teeth, wondering when they can escape to the financial sector. A great recipe for creativity, no? Yes, these ‘kids’ will ’survive’. But we don’t need or want people who just ’survive’.”

This sounds strange. Maybe you’re not really a “test-tube washer”, real test-tube washers have a different view of the allure of the bench and space for creativity in science.

“That’s the pattern, isn’t it? If you’re unhappy about your scholarship, you’re a spoilt ungrateful brat. If you criticize Singapore on human rights, you have a ‘hidden agenda’ or are jealous of Singapore’s success.”

Personally I am not as bothered by bond-breakers as I am of individuals who hurl unsubstantiated accusations at others and gang up with foreigners at any opportunity to attack all Singaporeans.

“Loyalty is all well and good, but if you listen only to those who already agree with you, you will never change. You may never deteriorate into something worse, but you also will not change for the better.”

I definitely agree.

]]> by: Fox http://rot.blogsome.com/2008/07/26/scattered-comments-on-py-astar-and-singapore/#comment-92 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:08:46 +0100 http://rot.blogsome.com/2008/07/26/scattered-comments-on-py-astar-and-singapore/#comment-92 PY is not known for being consistent or a stickler for the facts. For example, he threatened in 2005 to award scholarships to only female and foreign applicants because he believed that male Singaporean scholarship holders were more likely to break their bonds. However, only 6 years earlier in 1999, when 3 of the bondbreakers were named publicly, 2 of them, the EDB scholars, were Malaysians. PY is not known for being consistent or a stickler for the facts. For example, he threatened in 2005 to award scholarships to only female and foreign applicants because he believed that male Singaporean scholarship holders were more likely to break their bonds. However, only 6 years earlier in 1999, when 3 of the bondbreakers were named publicly, 2 of them, the EDB scholars, were Malaysians.

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