On 11/7/2008 4:19 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Steven Krivit wrote: > >> I should also ask, have you submitted this to one of the journals in >> which Arata has published his papers? > > Nope. > > The only thing we did was send it to Arata a couple of weeks ago, in > case he wanted to comment. He did not respond. We sent a copy to > Takahashi as well, but he had nothing to say either. > > - Jed >
Is Arata's lack of responsiveness a result of cultural differences or personal differences? In other words, is there a "Japanese way" of criticising? Harry