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United States Falling Behind EVERYONE In Physics, Science, Rockets, EVERYTHING.
Ian Parker wrote in
oups.com: I think the US is falling behind both Europe and Asia. I think there are a number of reasons. 1) The failure to build a supercollider. Too busy building advanced semiconductor fabs--those are hugely expensive. 2) Creationalism, the view that the World is no older than the Ice Age. Quite a lot of people here, most in fact, don't believe in that. Still, the fundamentalist conservatives are inhibiting progress. 3) Governmenr interference with things like Stem Cell research. Got more specific examples; this seems trivial by itself. 4) The US is now a lot less welcoming to foreigners than it was in the time of Kennedy. You don't live here, do you? Spanish has become the 2nd national language by default. We're not as bilingual as Canada but our economic wealth attracts much immigration. --Damon |
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