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curious_fella2on Japan to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission

Certainly the act of whaling itself is also very cultural?

curious_fella2on Deformities Alarm Scientists Racing to Rewrite Animal DNA

Can you elaborate?

curious_fella2on Apple iPhone Supplier Foxconn Planning Deep Cost Cuts

Since people seem to be talking about what this means for Apple stock...

Apple's PE ratio is 15. For any given company this is a very good number. Add to this that Apple has the growth potential of a tech stock (e.g. Google has PE ratio of 40, people pay a premium for the stock because they expect it to grow).

Certainly Apple is very undervalued?

curious_fella2on Harvard’s Admissions Process, Once Secret, Is Unveiled in Federal Court

Ah, sorry. Edited.

curious_fella2on Harvard’s Admissions Process, Once Secret, Is Unveiled in Federal Court

Edit: misunderstood

curious_fella2on Harvard’s Admissions Process, Once Secret, Is Unveiled in Federal Court

"I don't like what they seem to be doing, but Harvard is a private university - they should be able to recruit who they want to based on their own criteria"

How is this argument different than supporting a private restaurant not serving e.g. Chinese people since they "are a private company that should be able to serve whom they want based on their own criteria?"