...Americans are the only people of the world to call themselves by the name of their continent...

This is a regional thing. It's semantics. Europeans refer to N. America + S. America as 'America'. North Americans don't really do this.

As far as Americans naming themselves after the continent, they really don't. The country is called the United States of America. They name themselves after the country. It's no different from citizens of the Republic of Blank calling themselves Blankers/Blankicans/Blankians.

I doubt academia has any effect on WL skill. Only basic math is required. I think the greatest skills are spacial reasoning, know the best positions and how they could change, and psychology, estimating what moves your opponent will make.

These skills aren't taught in school, they are learned through experience playing the game or known through a natural inclination.

The education systems should have no effect.

One theory is that people of similar origin network. Your skillful German is likely to teach or communicate with other Germans. So if you get a few Europeans on the top 10, through greater communication, Europeans end up being more successful. However I doubt this accounts for the full scenario.

Random chance is also a factor, I imagine with any game there's a random chance all the top players will belong to X. It's a fluke.

okay jeeeez, i think the time has come for everyone to chill, grab a cup of coffee or tea or bleach and just calm the f*ck down.

We can all be friends here :)

I mean sure europeans are just better at wl, but lets be honest,

IRL, the U.S can't work without Europe, Europe can't work without the U.S

So much nonsense. None of you are ranked high. Haha.