Some Red State/Blue State Indicia
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Tapate50
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nsacpi
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I was looking at US-born Nobel Prize winners in the sciences by birth region and was struck by the paucity from the South. Anyone know why the South is such an intellectual desert?
Numbers are by decade 1960s to 2010s
South: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Midwest: 6, 8, 9, 10, 10, 11
Northeast: 10, 14, 16, 18, 17, 19
West: 4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14
It is almost as if the South is a different (third world) country. John Jumper (from Little Rock) did win the prize in Chemistry this year. So at least the quota for the 2020s has been met.
I would share the data on the remarkable number of American Nobelists who are immigrants or children of immigrants but don't want to trigger anyone into another long tedious discussion about immigration.
America is already a great country. It could be even greater if we could raise the South to the same level as the rest of the country.
I might add that the South has the largest population of any region and its population share has been growing. Which means things are even more dire when adjusted for population and population growth.
Numbers are by decade 1960s to 2010s
South: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Midwest: 6, 8, 9, 10, 10, 11
Northeast: 10, 14, 16, 18, 17, 19
West: 4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14
It is almost as if the South is a different (third world) country. John Jumper (from Little Rock) did win the prize in Chemistry this year. So at least the quota for the 2020s has been met.
I would share the data on the remarkable number of American Nobelists who are immigrants or children of immigrants but don't want to trigger anyone into another long tedious discussion about immigration.
America is already a great country. It could be even greater if we could raise the South to the same level as the rest of the country.
I might add that the South has the largest population of any region and its population share has been growing. Which means things are even more dire when adjusted for population and population growth.
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nsacpi
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From my adopted country of Mexico we only have one science Nobelist, but he was a big one. Mario Molina shared the chemistry prize in 1995 for identifying the role of chlorofluorocarbon in causing the hole in the ozone layer.
I can't help but think that in today's environment his work would have been met by a stream of denialism about the hole in the ozone layer and the need to do anything about it.
I can't help but think that in today's environment his work would have been met by a stream of denialism about the hole in the ozone layer and the need to do anything about it.
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