Yes, we sort of ate our "seed corn" so to speak. However, many of these major basic research projects are becoming (or continuing to be) very expensive and becoming international instead of national projects, for example, that recent space launch in India, the international space station, etc. Global science?
On Oct 25, 11:02 am, Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <<What will push the United States ahead is our ability to apply new > technologies in new ways to solve business problem because we have > such a diverse set of citizens from all walks of the planet.>> > > One irony is that we complained in the 90's that Japan took our > extensive basic research and turned it into new products, which we > were slow to do. There was a big push to move more of our research > effort into product development, rather than research that had no > immediate impact. This was particularly true with corporate research, > such as conducted by IBM and Bell Labs. > > This was a bit like eating our seed corn. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
