Continuing on the idea of my previous post ... This phenomenon does not appear to be limited to math, science and engineering. Take a look at my post on the "U.S." Chess Olympic team. Have we just become a country of anti-intellectuals?
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Seems to me that this is a fine example of how we are a melting pot of nationalities and cultures.
Take a look at the nationalities of the players on the US National Soccer team. Would you say that because many of the players on the US squard are foreign born that there's an "athlectic gap" between the US and the rest of the world?
The same comparisons can be made for baseball. Would you say that we've become a country of "anti-athletes"?
No.
The world is getting smaller. Other countries are catching up to the US' level for many things.
Continuing with the sports theme. Take a look at basketball. I would say that the level of play for US players hasnt really changed for the last two decades, yet the NBA has more foreign born players than ever. Why? Because other countries are catching up to us in a game we've previously dominated. I think the same thing is going on here in the world of sciences.
Also keep in mind that over the last century (hell since the beginning of the USA), a great many of the scientific greatest accomplishments that are claimed as "US made" are from foreign born scientists.
See response above. I withdraw my charge of anti-intellectualism, but I still believe the larger point is a valid concern.
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