and then the three of them chit chatted at a corner of the room, turning back at me occasionally, with weird giggling. I have lived in USA for 40 years, never ran into a single American doing that to
Americans respond warmly and frankly on scientific topics, and usually we have pleasant discussions. The Japanese presenters, after the discussion, abruptly left, without saying good bye, and then the
But the ones I interacted with had twisted thinking. For example, once I was at a research conference. THere was a Poster in my field from a Japanese group. I chatted with the presenter a bit. I do t