Okay, (ingenuity present in places and people) we all know statistics are only as good as the researcher that performs them so they can be mass-interpreted. I don't have the time to wade through all the tables of stats it would take to unravel this knot personally. My thoughts are the attending quality of students and faculty of institutions such as MIT and Caltech is relevant, as well as just who is working at CERN (eventhough it is on hold last I heard due to malfunction). And who is leaving or entering this country to study where. For some reason Feynman keeps popping into my head concerning this and Einstein. No, they are not average and I hope their like stands in the US somewhere today.
NO one seems to know for sure what is going on in this country - too many variables and only time will give us the perspective to see the moves clearly. It is exciting! A friend pointed me to the pre-depression globalization that was delayed due to world war II, and some indication of that pre- WW I as well. Could economic upheavals like we are in a be necessary part of closeknit globalization? Maybe it has to happen.... have fun with this subject. On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <<I really hope you are underestimating the ingenuity of the US. >> > > Countries don't have "ingenuity", people do, so when you talk about > the creativity of the people, you have to talk statistically. On > average, the number of American scientifically-trained students has > been declining for decades. Talking of Caltech or MIT is irrelevant; > those are specific instances that tell you nothing about the *average* > of what's going on in this country. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
