Yes, I agree with that.
On Oct 27, 9:30 am, "C B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just a quick note - It was not specifically stated that these graduates from
> MIT or CalTech drive the whole economy. Of course we need everyone
> working 'competently'. For me, I cannot imagine the Manhattan project
> without Feynman's quirky brain, and his work on the space shuttle
> Challenger investigation might have been completed by someone else. It is
> not wrong to want to find and keep the superstars...
>
> Nice word "Nexus" - much sexier than "hub".
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Jason (Memphis)
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
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> > I disagree. Graduates from MIT and CalTech don't drive our economy.
> > The thousands of graduates from the Boise States, University of
> > Memphises, Jones Universities etc. etc. are the little engines behind
> > our economy. National economies are not like the Olympics where a
> > superstar athlete (intellectual) performs well and the county wins the
> > competition while everyone sits around clapping. National economies
> > prosper when more and more citizens are working productively--and not
> > riding on the backs of a few elite superstars.
>
> > The United States is still the leader in education (17 of the top 20
> > universities in the world) and has the majority of the world top
> > scientists (40% of all Nobels Prize winners live here). The problem
> > is that information travels too fast in today's world. We used to
> > make scientific advancements and benefit economically from those
> > advancement while the rest of the world struggled for decades to catch
> > up. Now it takes seconds to transfer the knowledge and a couple of
> > years to apply it instead of decades to transfer and apply that
> > information around the global. 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. People will come to the United States to learn these
> > information and these skill transfer to their country. We will be a
> > cultural nexus for the world. That is the future role of the United
> > States as I see it and NOT an economic/political superpower bully.
>
> > On Oct 24, 2:32 pm, "C B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > 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:
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> > > > <<I really hope you are underestimating the ingenuity of the US. >>
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> > > > 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.- Hide quoted text -
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