cc wrote:
 > "John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote in message
 >
 >
 >> Well, she's really freakin' smart, which is why she's personally so
 >>  successful. But while she's always been smart,
 >
 >
 > I have no doubt about that. But I meant many of your researchers are
 > not products of the US education system. Like you wife, they were
 > educated abroad, many of them even arrive in the US when they are
 > already confirmed specialists in their fields.
 >
Actually she was educated at US colleges. Her primary education was in
Japan, though; maybe that's a perfect mix.

 >> But it's not just her, actually. A lot of my Japanese friends that
 >> do research in the US like the environment here much more than in
 >> Japan.
 >
 >
 > A lot of French researchers end up migrating to the US, as they have
 > no other choice (no other way to get a financial support).
 >
I've heard that's true in Japan as well. IIRC until a short while ago 
Japanese companies didn't give to university researchers like in the US.

John W.