About Skeptikai
Skeptikai defends science and exposes pseudoscience. Living in Japan also allows for an interesting opportunity to discuss fascinating stories that go unnoticed elsewhere. Psychological phenomena and intriguing cases from around the globe are also regularly highlighted.
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The Weapons Effect – Does the Mere Presence of a Gun Increase Aggression?A provocative question indeed: Do we seeing lots of gun deaths in America because of people's…
Top Travel Destinations and Most Visited Places of 2016Since it's summer, it's a good time to look at the world's top travel destinations. Of…
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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Be Smart, Move to Germany (not in that order)
Is it just me, or is Germany possibly the greatest country in the world today…?
Germany is considered the 5th best place to be young in the world (3rd in Europe), and with 64% of the population speaking English, it’s also one of the best places for foreigners of any age to visit (…especially if they speak English). It has the world’s 4th largest economy (after US, China, and Japan) and an impressively low unemployment rate. It’s no wonder that it was rated as the most positively viewed country in the world in 2013 by the BCC. But the real story that motivated me to blog about this is the news about something dear to my heart – higher education. Namely, Germany has made all of its university education completely free.