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| Orbax |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
I don't have any statistics on this, but it's pretty impossible to deny that many recent (past one hundred years) world-changing inventions and scientists have either been American in origin or supported by American funds and university system. |
America being the "Brain-Drain" would probably account for more of this. It also depends on what area you are talking about. Economics would probably be india, engineering would be Germany, suicide technology would be Middle east, etc... |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | | America being the "Brain-Drain" would probably account for more of this. |
Not really. We have quite a few "home-grown" people who accomplished important things as well. Computing would be nowhere near the level it is today if it weren't for American universities, inventors, and businesses.
Of course, a lot of these dudes were either Jewish immigrants (immigrated as children) or the sons (born in America) of Jewish immigrants, so I guess you could maybe still argue the "brain drain" thing.
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| Sunsnail |
| quote: | Originally posted by SuspicionVandit
paperbag isn't fat |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | | Originally posted by Orbax suicide technology would be Middle east, etc... |
haha
This thread is funny. But nothing is funny if it does not have some semblance of truth to it, somewhere. On behalf of the United States of Bush-wah, I formally apologize to the rest of the world for:
- Paris Hilton
- Stealing reality television (please, take it back)
- The southern United States
- Outspoken christian evangelists
- Refusing to use the metric system
- Leaving out the letter 'u' in so many pertinent words
- Paris Hilton
- Replacing the letter 's' with the letter 'z' in so many pertinent words
- Apologizing when we really didn't do anything that other cultures have not done, themselves
I'm sure there's a lot of other things, but I can't be arsed to list them because I'm just a lazy American dip who deserves life far less than the enlightened scholars that every other country in the world produces by the boatload. |
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| Sunsnail |
| What's wrong with the southern US? (besides the people?) |
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| Ed G |
Melting pot.
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sunsnail
What's wrong with the southern US? (besides the people?) |
Oh, um, nothing, I guess. |
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| Inconspicuous |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
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lol...but replace 'Southern US' with 'hillbillies & rednecks.' |
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| Caela |
| quote: | Originally posted by Inconspicuous
lol...but replace 'Southern US' with 'hillbillies & rednecks.' |
haha...yayyy for us yankees ;)
a lot of the stereotypes describing america are true, but there are also a lot of them that aren't. just because our government is ed and there are certain people (ahem, celebrities) that steal most of the negative attention for our country, there are also a lot of down to earth, intelligent, good people that live here. you can't generalize a country that has millions of different people in it. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by Caela
haha...yayyy for us yankees ;) |
You s are even worse. Learn to drive. |
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| Zild |
| quote: | Originally posted by david.michael
You cannot deny that Jesus Christ existed. ;)
/nitpick |
There are a minority of scholars who dispute any historicity of Jesus. |
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| Inconspicuous |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zild
historicity |
apparently it is a word....
well, then... |
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