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Originally Posted by ddave
That the NSF would try to hide these facts was the point, it seems to me, of the start of this thread. (BTW, I agree with the last post that points out that too many minds have be diverted into creative financial engineering than in more productive application of creative thinking.)
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The National Science Foundation is no more scientific than the National Sanitation Foundation. The latter organization tests cookware and food safety, among other things. From Wikipedia:
"In September 2008, the NSF (National Science Foundation) came under scrutiny when the agency's inspector general reported that at least 20 employees had viewed pornography at work. The report took the agency to task for not sufficiently policing its employees' Internet usage. The incident garnered some brief media attention and several of those employees were dismissed or reprimanded."
In realizing that US science education is not up to snuff, the NSF (Science org) has been using immigration as a way to maintain America's science leadership. Granted, our secondary schools are abysmal in teaching science and math, but foreign schools still maintain fairly high standards. Numerous visas are granted to foreign students. After several years of "indoctrination" into the American lifestyle, many students apply for permanent residency, followed by citizenship. I feel sorry for the nations who lend us these bright stars, only to lose them to the lure of our culture. But, this is how life works. People vote with their feet. This great melting pot known as the USA is a wonderful cauldron of innovation. Those of my generation still remember the first Apple computer and the early Intel-based computer kit from MITS (no relation to MIT). I was alive when the transistor was invented (quit laughing). We're also the first and only nation to send a man to the moon, and the first to unravel the DNA code. How much longer can we go on? Have we seen our glory days, only to become an eventual footnote in history? Who knows? I'm mentoring young people, right here, right now. I have hope.