Is German or Japanese science superior?

Two nations that are WELL known around the worl d for their technological advances and prowess.. Personally I find that Germany is perhaps the better of the two when it comes to fictional depictions, Dr. Frankenstein.. Stronheim.. not least in real life like Einstein and Heisenberg of course.. But I am willing to respectfully agree to disagree that Japan's infrastructure like eg trains etc etc is a force to be reckoned with.. and the same in robotics. I'd like to hear what you maybe thing.. explain your concerns.. Who would win?

Hi Tabris Shinobi, I really must respectfully disagree here.. Many limitations in European scientific fields are stricter than say, China, the U.S and Japan. As a billingual of German heritage, I am biased here.. I WILL admit that. However for example Genetically Modified crops are HUGELY less regulated than within the EU, which allows for these fields.. to indeed flourish. Indeed the positivist nature of science nad peer reviewing in the pursuit of truth is much the same in most first world countries with the resources.. but then resources are another factor to be consiered! Germany, since its unification in 1871 has notoriously not had the luxury of natural resources as many nations around it did! This is seen in one of the motivations over WW1 and 2, the Alcase region (my family is from from Bavaria) and Alcase is today in France, but contains large coal reserves. ...continuing, this is why Germany developed a good number of advances in Chemistry, if you do not have access to the raw material, understand its elements and makeup.. you see? Japan is indeed similar in many regards; and hence saw a large electronics boom in the 70s/80s and still when I was but a youth in the US I heard much of this. It's well recorded. etc etc. HI-TECH = another compensation for lacking resources in ones own nation.. I was also talking about in fiction, but I HAVE to give it to you that you gave a good response here that I will look into. You seem like rather an intelligent man, rare these days, so very welcome! Apologies for my brevity My best Walt

I think Japan has better civilian technology while the Germans have better military technology. There's a reason why everyone wants to buy German tanks and German small-arms, while Japanese military tech is only sold to less than a handful of friendly Asian countries. But on the other, have you heard of any German computers or gaming consoles? Me neither...

Science is such a broad topic, I don't think you can say one is better than the other. For example one country may be better in chemistry, another in aerospace, one in physics. It's like comparing a marathon runner to a sprinter, they both run but you can't say one is better. I think this question is relatively pointless anyway, since most scientific causes extend beyond borders. The ISS is international, as the name states, upon the discovery of the higs boson, Germany didn't take credit for it. Scientists are more focused on finding out the nature of reality than being better than other scientists.

Cero: I really wanted to make that reference too but wasn't sure because it's in the serious talk section. Oh well a little fun is not a bad thing eh ^^'