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USA to Pass Science Crown to China

Posted by Zonk on from the not-even-miss-america dept.

instantgames writes "According to a working paper of the National Bureau of Economic Research, rapid development of a science and technology base by populous Asian countries soon may threaten the economic position of the United States. Not only is the U.S. losing ground in high technology exports, but its very capacity to develop new technologies is declining rapidly with respect to the rest of the world. According to Richard Freeman, the paper's author, the sheer population of Asian countries may allow them to train more scientists and engineers than the U.S. while devoting a smaller share of their economy to science and technology." From the article: "The phenomenal growth of China's industrial base has been widely publicized, but Freeman focuses on what is perhaps the more important long-term indicator of a nation's prosperity - its re-investment in science and technology education. "

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  1. don't worry we'll bomb them soon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We've done it to Arabic countries because of their oil but now that we control that but not science we should bomb China. It's imminent.

    1. Re:don't worry we'll bomb them soon by jmv · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      No, the US only bombs countries *after* they made sure that said country doesn't have WMDs.

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  2. Eeeeeevil-ution! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yup, now is the perfect time to ban the teaching of evil-ution in America's classrooms! We can spare a little science education for the lowar'duh!

  3. How we will win the next world war ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We can fire ACLU lawywers, McMansions and Fox News zombies at them. That should destroy them. If that fails, we can run 'em over in our SUVs.

  4. Not sure how this is a troll... by daveschroeder · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...but thanks, guys.

  5. Re:What do you expect? by donleyp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OMG! I haven't seen a better example of liberal claptrap than this in a looong time. ROFL.

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  6. Re:Bill Gates on US Education by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can somebody please mod this guy down until his karma bonus goes away, I'm sick of seeing his posts when I browse at +2.