Guest Author: Rauful Alam
Writer & Researcher
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The Germans have been good at knowledge and research for centuries. They excel at invention and discovery. —Why do they excel?
Because they create mentors. The chain culture of producing mentors has been established in their society.
If you read the history of physics, you’ll see it’s filled with German scientists. Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Sommerfeld, Heisenberg, Wilhelm Röntgen, Clausius—whom should I mention and whom should I leave out? They themselves were guided by great physicists. And through them, many other scientists have been nurtured.
If you read the history of chemistry, it’s the same—full of German scientists. At one point, American chemists would learn German to read German journals.
If you read about mathematics, biology, or other fields, you’ll notice the dominance of German scientists and philosophers there as well.
In their society, mentors have created new mentors. This has continued in succession. That’s why they have been the best for generations.
In world history, it’s hard to find a Nobel laureate whose mentors were weak. In scientific areas, it’s even truer that a great mentor gives rise to another great mentor.
Japan began to reflect on how the Germans became so strong in knowledge and science. At the end of the nineteenth century, Imperial Japan started organizing its higher education and research following the German model. World-class research centers, like RIKEN, were established in Japan. Thus began a culture of making mentors in succession in their country.
This continuous tradition of creating mentors in the history of knowledge and research is essential. To introduce generation after generation to the most modern knowledge, to show them the way to the future, societies must uphold this ongoing culture of producing mentors, supervisors, and teachers.
In societies lacking this culture, weeds have overgrown. There is no sharp knowledge there. Rust has spread in people’s minds and consciousness. Their capacity for understanding has eroded. Everywhere, the ignorant are scrambling to become the “chief guest.”
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