Re: Back to the moon? When?

Ian Parker <ianparker2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:On 18 Nov, 18:30, Fred J. McCall <fmcc...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:> Ian Parker <ianpark...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>
:> :http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/2007/11/18/131336/Knowledge-econom...
:> :
:> :This might be of some interest. The rankings are on a per population
:> :basis. Scananavia is top but has a very small population. Taiwan and
:> :South Korea have been notable in increasing their share of knowledge
:> :based exports. Mainland Chins is 56th but rising.
:> :
:> :The figures do though give pause for thought.
:> :
:>
:> You might want to look at the actual report. The US ranks 10th
:> (actually a tie for 9th with the UK). The highest ranking Asian
:> country is Taiwan, at 19th. They are *NOT* "increasing their share of
:> knowledge based exports", as you claim above, since they have DROPPED
:> 4 positions on this list since 1995. South Korea is down at 27th and
:> has DROPPED 3 places since 1995.
:>
:> The figures do perhaps give "pause for thought", but the first
:> thoughts that occur to me are that the figures explode most of your
:> silly claims and that even when pointing at them you get what they say
:> wrong.
:>
:> Oh, and just by the way, the KAM does *NOT*, as you claim, measure
:> "share of knowledge based exports". Once again you have managed to
:> superficially MISunderstand something you've read.
:>
:> Congratulations on getting it wrong YET AGAIN, Mr Parker.
:>
:
:They do not explode any claims.
:

Of course they do. You just ignore data that conflicts with your
delusions.

:
:I stated that the figures were on a
:per population basis and Scandanavia has a small population. China
:(1.3 billion) coming 52nd out of all countries. In ABSOLUTE terms (not
:adjusted for population) this pans out to no 2 or 3, perhaps even no
:1.
:

That doesn't work unless you assume that the vast mass of Chinese are
willing to stay peasants in grinding poverty. Since that's bloody
unlikely, it's 'per capita' that matters since that determines the
relative position of INDIVIDUALS in that society.

:
:Ultimately, as I keep saying ad nauseam, given similar efficiencies
:Asia must ultimately predominate. To avoid having to learn Spanish, as
:I put it, you need to be No 1 in per population terms.

Horse***. By your reasoning, we should all be eating ***. After
all, all those trillions of flies outnumber us.

:
:You need to be beating Scandanavia.
:

And right now pretty much nobody is, by this particular measure.

:
:I think in terms of Spanish you have just
:cottoned on to one thing. There needs to be big changes in the total
:approach to Latin America.
:

I think you're letting your delusions overcome reality and making ***
up again.

:
:Another question - does this matter? At one level the US will always
:have the Mid West and will never starve. However once the dollar
:ceases to be the world's prime reserve currency there will need to be
:readjustments.
:

True, but you don't understand what they would be. You apparently
think the answer is that we must breed like rabbits to 'fix' it.

Needless to say, you're nutty as a fruitcake.

:
:Syria has just converted 50% of its holdings into Euros. Saddam
:Hussein converted 100% of Iraq's holdings.
:

Cite? Why do I think that you've once again seen something somewhere
and misunderstood it?


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only stupid."
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