The Secret Weapon of American Science

It's foreign-born scientists that keep the U.S. winning all those Nobel Prizes. But we can't rely on their superior education forever.

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Science & Technology

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• bigthink
• 5min

[brouhahabob]

Americans aren't stupid, and nobody else is either. It's all about the system. Our university system is the best in the world, because it is the most capitalistic--whereas our public school system is one of the most centralized. Self-learners (autodidacts) are the most disadvantaged in American public schools. If it's all about one size and repeat, the best of us are going to be thrown aside.

[tawfeeq23]

@redelman43199 isnt that statement a generalization in of its self.

[ThyGodlyness]

@Stonegoal Well i dont believe you, you seem to know very little about how the economy works to be a trained, educated economist. I mean, you thought that America has laws requiring you to accept US legal tender, which was in my economics 101 class. Simply the manner by which you pose your argument makes you sound ignorant. And Im still waiting for those personals with real, hard hitting questions, instead of random talking points that all tie in together.

[Stonegoal]

@ThyGodlyness Oh and I am an economist.

[nthusiastt]

For being so smart this guy sure is dumb, lol..... Seriously though, just kidding he's way smarter than me.

[cavs608]

@brouhahabob no living thing is stupid. we are intelligent just in different realms :)

[ThyGodlyness]

@Stonegoal Now we can arguments amount of taxes all day, that's semantics and neither of us are truly qualified to make those arguments anyway, im not an economist and its sounds like neither are you. Force is NOT wrong, though force applied in the wrong areas is. Its not wrong to force children to go to school and better themselves. And just because i support my government as a whole, does NOT mean i support every aspect of its policies.