Can India Become A Knowledge Superpower?

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Can India Become A Knowledge Superpower?

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday February 20, 2005 @05:16AM from the something-to-think-about dept.

krsmathews writes " New Scientist, in its latest issue, has a special report on India. It provocatively calls India the next knowledge superpower, though in a introductory story the caveats are laid out. It's a reasonably comprehensive look at India's high-tech research, pharma, bio-tech, space, and nuclear industries. The U.S. R&D expenditure is bigger than the next five countries put together, and India is nowhere in the picture. "

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India R&D by Fred_A · 2005-02-20 05:19 · Score: 4, Funny

Hah ! I'm sure Indian researchers had personal history deletion patented *years* ago.

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And the U.S. is so smart by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-20 05:23 · Score: 4, Funny

that the population believes that a supernatural being being created man by pointing a finger and created woman from a rib of that man.

Much better.
1. Re:And the U.S. is so smart by djplurvert · 2005-02-20 05:37 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  That's only in indiana where they tried to get a law passed for a more sensible definition of pi. Every other american is WELL aware that man was made by aliens.
Maybe...not. by coKestar · 2005-02-20 05:24 · Score: 5, Funny

No nation where cows do not fear Ronald McDonald cannot be trusted!
Re:What about China? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-20 05:32 · Score: 0, Funny

China is already a super power... They are just fooling you Americans to believe they are not a super power :P
Re:Things are happening in that region ... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-20 05:33 · Score: 1, Funny

Hint: Just becuase you saw it in a movie does not make it true.
Re:off-shoring by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-20 05:35 · Score: 2, Funny

You know, the guy who invented shredded cabbage with mayonnaise, Khosla.
Re:And? by NegativeFX · 2005-02-20 05:41 · Score: 1, Funny

You Americans with your huge expenditures. Japanese expenditure so, so small.
Re:Innovation as well as knowledge?? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-20 06:03 · Score: 1, Funny

THe US is punished in these tests by the diversity of it's population.
And also by it's load's of surplu's apostrophe's.
Re:Things are happening in that region ... by generalleoff · 2005-02-20 07:01 · Score: 2, Funny

How the hell did "Can India Becmome A Knowledge Superpower" turn into "Hippies Vs. Red Necks"?
Re:What about China? by kaalamaadan · 2005-02-20 07:08 · Score: 2, Funny

who else could have such an id?
Re:US comparative advantage? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-20 07:11 · Score: 1, Funny

It has been my experience that Americans are much more likely to think "out of the box" and question existing ideas.

Yes, but then you get canned for not being a "team player".
Re:A country so smart.. by ggvaidya · 2005-02-20 08:18 · Score: 2, Funny

Cows are sacred. Or didn't you know? ;)
Re:off-shoring by kd5ujz · 2005-02-20 08:40 · Score: 2, Funny

All our base are belong to you?

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StarCraft by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-20 09:25 · Score: 1, Funny

My StarCraft-playing experiences tell me that R & D is not as important as the size of your work force.
Re:What about China? by The+Cydonian · 2005-02-20 18:00 · Score: 2, Funny

Ladies and gentlemen, the Indian takeover of Slashdot is near complete. Not only do we have a thread discussing Mallu jokes, but we also have moderators who understand what the general honorific "Mallu" means.
Now for some gnaa.ac.in action and we're set to become a knowledge superpower.

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