>>12354534This. It is a signaling mechanism with momentum. A brain-sink does not equal brain creation.
It can be replicated easily. They have no secret formula where they turn lead into gold, making Terence Tao's out of brainlets.
It is ephemeral soft power.
But if that is your notion of best, simply where the already established best accumulate then by all means.
If you mean which schools actually educate people and instill academic discipline, having to close borders, restrict travel and see which ones then had the best success, institutional practices, then no.
Probably Asian schools, some in Europe are the best. USA is losing all discipline in education, becoming lazy and negrified. Whites don't even win spelling bees anymore, and I think only because discipline is so bad across the entire nation. It is really horrible.
Look at time in school, look at curriculum and pedagogy, anti-intellectual culture, and you will see it is due to being gimped.
