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We have to dispense with the silliness of comparing the US with countries a tenth its size. If you want to compare Britain to the US, pick a state of comparable
by jimbob45 2y ago
We have to dispense with the silliness of comparing the US with countries a tenth its size. If you want to compare Britain to the US, pick a state of comparable size and do so. Otherwise you’re comparing apples to much larger apples.
- anon7000 2y agoWhy? Britain was considered a larger power in the world until around WWII.
- thenobsta 2y agoI wonder if the analogy might be more like comparing an apple tree evolving in a forest vs breeding varieties of apples on a farm. Even if you pick a state, science in any single state has still gotten federal funding and had the ability to easily cross-pollinate with other very good researchers across state boarders. The federal funding then gets redirected to areas of success and the flywheel starts. That's harder on the scale of a small country.
- jimbob45 2y agoI don’t disagree which is why I encourage comparing the EU to the US as a whole.
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