On Jul 6, 1:52 pm, "Mark T.B. Carroll" <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Scott Jensen <RecreationalPo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> > On Jul 5, 8:06 am, "Mark T.B. Carroll" <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> Scott Jensen <RecreationalPo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> >> > The US absolutely dominates it. Not only does no country come
> >> > close to the US in biotechnology, but if you were to stack up the
> >> > rest of the world against the US, the US is still heads and
> >> > shoulders above it.
>
> >> It'd be a little less so if it wasn't quite so good at recruiting
> >> immigrants! It's very much being the beneficiary of a `brain drain'
> >> that helps a lot with keeping the nation at the forefront of
> >> technology.
>
> > So?
>
> You seemed to be comparing the rest of the world with the US without
> noting that the US wouldn't be so far ahead without such help from the
> rest of the world.
Do explain.
> So, it was kind of begging to be noted, so that people don't
> mistakenly make the leap toward assuming that it's simply
> something inherent to do with the wonderfulness of Americans.
Likewise, you haven't given any evidence why that isn't so. Again, do
explain. I will wait to respond until I hear your argument.
> (I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss Native American influence, though:
> there's some evidence that their culture had more impact on what
> became modern-day American culture than might be popularly
> recognized.)
That evidence being?
Scott Jensen
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