Re: I made a bet!

From: Mike Linksvayer (ml@gondwanaland.com)
Date: Wed Jan 16 2002 - 05:36:27 MST


On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 05:40:43AM -0600, cryofan wrote:
> The biggest change between now and 1974 is that there are a lot more
> people here in the USA, the better to turn our lakes and rivers into
> latrines.....and that might help bring nanotech closer if only a bunch
> of those people were working research scientists. But they aint,
> John...most of these new people are busboys and janitors, and guess
> what--they don't know squat about nanotech!

How many born-as-US-citizens are research scientists, or know squat
about nanotech? If it were'nt for immigrants R&D in the US would
be in _huge_ trouble.

http://www.cypress.com/press/coverage/ceo/970119.html

-- 
  Mike Linksvayer
  http://gondwanaland.com/ml/


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