Saturday, July 30, 2011

Does this also explain our brain drain problem?

Why do camels have humps?
Well son, camels are desert animals, we need the humps to store water and we are known to survive without water.

OK, then why are our legs long and our feet rounded?
Son, obviously they are meant for walking in the desert better than anyone does.

Just one more question, mother.
Yes, dear?

OK, then why are our eye lashes long? Sometimes it bothers my sight.
My son, those long thick eyelashes are your protective cover. They help to protect your eyes from the desert sand and wind.

I see. So the hump is to store water when we are in the desert, the legs are for walking through the desert and these eyelashes protect my eyes from the desert sand...then


Moral of the story: Skills, knowledge, abilities and experiences are only useful if you are at the right place!

The above has been modified from someone's creation. Somehow, I see it as why some brain drain is inevitable, even necessary, because Oxbridge and Ivy league universities are overseas; so do Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sach and the like; Microsoft, Google and other IT giants; and countless other world-class institutions, and so on. How else to be educated, trained or to carry out research in top class environments?
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