US will have to chose where to regain strength. However, Biden-Trump China initiative is an obstacle..Also, 60% of PhD’s in Engineering, CS, and math are non-US born Americans

US will have to chose where to regain strength. However, Biden-Trump China initiative is an obstacle..Also, 60% of PhD’s in Engineering, CS, and math are non-US born Americans 美國將不得不選擇在哪裡恢復實力。 然而，拜登-特朗普的中國倡議是一個障礙。此外，60% 的工程、計算機和數學博士是非美國出生的美國人

https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-science-no-longer-leads-world-here-s-how-top-advisers-say-nation-should-respond
https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb20221

A new data-rich report by the National Science Foundation (NSF) confirms China has overtaken the United States as the world’s leader in several key scientific metrics, including the overall number of papers published and patents awarded. U.S. scientists also have serious competition from foreign researchers in certain fields, it finds.

That loss of hegemony raises an important question for U.S. policymakers and the country’s research community, according to NSF’s oversight body, the National Science Board (NSB). “Since across-the-board leadership in [science and engineering] is no longer a possibility, what then should our goals be?”

The US, left to its own devices, is unlikely to be world-class scientific or intellectual power.

To begin with, not only does it not invest in education, it doesn’t even teach basic thinking.

For example, this writer for a major newspaper says that “Wordle is not a game, but the creative process in a nutshell”.

https://archive.ph/byhQB

Wordle is a simple 5 variable guessing game that is easily cracked through heuristic* and algorithmic search. The search is radically constrained by certain clusters of letters, the restricted number of vowels, and letter frequency. All thinking uses elements of both algorithmic and heuristic search at certain phases, but the creative component is when you go outside the search tree to discover something truly original. (Juxtaposition and lateral thinking stimulate this creative “leap”).

*Starting heuristics: If you start with a vowel-rich word with no letter repetitions (like bayou, audio, adieu, ouija, miaou), or a vowel-rich word using the most common consonants (roate, raise, stear, stare) you are halfway finished.