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MA Governor Wants More New Tech

Posted by Zonk on from the why-is-it-about-asia-at-all dept.

turnitover writes "Cryptically stating that Asia wants the U.S. to become 'the France of the 21st century,' Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney made a public call for more innovation in technology, reports eWEEK.com. He urged more investment and development and, yes, a move to OpenDocument, as reported previously on Slashdot." From the article: "Underlining the challenge, Romney said leaders of one technology firm in Massachusetts anticipated that 90 percent of its skilled labor would be in Asia in 10 years. He also pointed to statistics that show the United States graduating only 4,400 mathematics and science PhDs each year compared with 24,900 math and science PhDs for greater Asia."

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  1. Good Point... by SpyPlane · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "He also pointed to statistics that show the United States graduating only 4,400 mathematics and science PhDs each year compared with 24,900 math and science PhDs for greater Asia."

    So let me get this straight. The U.S.A. has a population of 275 million or so and graduates 4,400 math and science PhDs, while greater Asia (just what is included in that, I have no idea??) with a population of 1 or 2 billion and graduates 24,900 math and science PhDs.

    Where's the problem? It seems like we are doing fine in that regard.

    Idiot.

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  2. Misleading Numbers by umbrellasd · · Score: 0, Redundant
    He also pointed to statistics that show the United States graduating only 4,400 mathematics and science PhDs each year compared with 24,900 math and science PhDs for greater Asia.
    In related news, the United States population is around 300 million and the population of greater Asia is approaching 3 billion--a factor of 10. Whereas, we differ in PhDs by a factor of 5.6.

    We are still well ahead of the game.