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> But it’s true that most inventions and innovations in the last 100 years have come from Americans Citation needed. That seems implausible.

littlestymaar 2y ago
As world's first economic power, the US has indeed be the home of plenty of inventions and innovations, but of course it's not “most” of them.
- nobunaga 2y ago
  Its idiotic to focus on the last 100 years. Those american innovations you mention came on the shoulders of innovations from the arabs, romans, ottomans and many other cultures/societies before them. Where is the praise for them? Why are we so focused on who is the best. We seriously need a population reset. People can be so idiotic and self absorbed.
- bobim 2y ago
  A large chunk of our western innovations are rooted in "1936" german research. US space program? From Mr Von Braun who was allowed on US land through operation paperclip. Axial jet engine?From Junkers Motoren engine propelling the Me 262. Modern submarines? From u-boats type XXI. Assault rifle? MP43. Highways, synthetic fuel, a lot of modern chemistry... So no, US did not come with most of the last 100s years innovations.
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  - nineteen999 2y ago
    Refrigeration was invented by an Australian of Scottish descent. As an Australian I like to think of this every time I open a cold beer.
  - panick21_ 2y ago
    Spotted the Wehraboo in the wild.
    - bobim 2y ago
      My family comes from a village in Belgium where the 12th panzerdivision SS committed mass murder, I therefore don't glorify these people, thank you. But you have to recognize what your modern comfort has to do with these people, and lower your morale standards accordingly. I'll help you: we are bad persons with low standards and a high, unjustified, self esteem.
- mattlondon 2y ago
  Oh yeah sure there are many, but "most" feels like an overreach? Just off of the top of my head I can think of so many. TV, radar, Penicillin, jet engines, audio cassettes, first programmable computers let alone the ARM CPU you are probably reading this on right now AND the lithium ion battery that is powering it, GSM, DSL, Ariane launchers (not to mention the pioneering German work in WW2), DNA, large hadron collider, MP3, electron microscopes, MRI scanners, the human genome project, TFT screens, IVF and ICSI, the atomic bomb, bagless vacuums - the list is long and varied, and that is just off the top of my head. Sure the US might have more tech giants than anywhere else, but that isn't where everything happens by a long shot.
  - littlestymaar 2y ago
    > Oh yeah sure there are many, but "most" feels like an overreach? Definitely, that's what I'm saying btw. Before WWII most invention and discoveries were actually made in Europe, and even though the US took the leadership after that point (in part thanks to immigration of Jewish or East-European scientists), it never was responsible for “most” of them.

littlestymaar 2y ago

As world's first economic power, the US has indeed be the home of plenty of inventions and innovations, but of course it's not “most” of them.

nobunaga 2y ago
Its idiotic to focus on the last 100 years. Those american innovations you mention came on the shoulders of innovations from the arabs, romans, ottomans and many other cultures/societies before them. Where is the praise for them? Why are we so focused on who is the best. We seriously need a population reset. People can be so idiotic and self absorbed.
bobim 2y ago
A large chunk of our western innovations are rooted in "1936" german research. US space program? From Mr Von Braun who was allowed on US land through operation paperclip. Axial jet engine?From Junkers Motoren engine propelling the Me 262. Modern submarines? From u-boats type XXI. Assault rifle? MP43. Highways, synthetic fuel, a lot of modern chemistry... So no, US did not come with most of the last 100s years innovations.
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- nineteen999 2y ago
  Refrigeration was invented by an Australian of Scottish descent. As an Australian I like to think of this every time I open a cold beer.
- panick21_ 2y ago
  Spotted the Wehraboo in the wild.
  - bobim 2y ago
    My family comes from a village in Belgium where the 12th panzerdivision SS committed mass murder, I therefore don't glorify these people, thank you. But you have to recognize what your modern comfort has to do with these people, and lower your morale standards accordingly. I'll help you: we are bad persons with low standards and a high, unjustified, self esteem.
mattlondon 2y ago
Oh yeah sure there are many, but "most" feels like an overreach? Just off of the top of my head I can think of so many. TV, radar, Penicillin, jet engines, audio cassettes, first programmable computers let alone the ARM CPU you are probably reading this on right now AND the lithium ion battery that is powering it, GSM, DSL, Ariane launchers (not to mention the pioneering German work in WW2), DNA, large hadron collider, MP3, electron microscopes, MRI scanners, the human genome project, TFT screens, IVF and ICSI, the atomic bomb, bagless vacuums - the list is long and varied, and that is just off the top of my head. Sure the US might have more tech giants than anywhere else, but that isn't where everything happens by a long shot.
- littlestymaar 2y ago
  > Oh yeah sure there are many, but "most" feels like an overreach? Definitely, that's what I'm saying btw. Before WWII most invention and discoveries were actually made in Europe, and even though the US took the leadership after that point (in part thanks to immigration of Jewish or East-European scientists), it never was responsible for “most” of them.