stupidity

[blonde_amelie]

"Asian countries are much further away geographically than most Latin American or Caribbean countries. For example, India is almost 8,000 miles away from the nearest major U.S. immigrant gateway city, while Mexico shares a border with the United States."

Demography 42:1, 2005

really? how is this a necessary sentence in an academic journal?

Comments

[blonde_amelie]

that it better

[namhyunsu]

Wow. That is amazing information that I didn't know.

[blonde_amelie]

yes, I know there are lot of people who don't know geography, but highly educated academics who study population not knowing where India and Mexico are? Come on! That would be like a physicist who doesn't know who Einstein or Newton are. Seriously.