“If one Jewish state has contributed so much to science, imagine the impact that 40 Jewish states could have on global science.”
1) Science is not civilization. It is a byproduct of it.
2) Europe has done more for science than Israel ever could.
3) What Israel has done for science is because of Western style education. A Jewish brain might have more potential than that of many Gentiles, but if all he has to work with is the Talmud, then there won’t be any scientific advancement.
4) For Western Civilization to be saved Western countries must rediscover what made them great. The answer isn’t Judaism for any of them.
While I know you did not mean this as a compliment, nevertheless you make a very good point which is too often obscured. Too many people, including those engaged in Jewish outreach, try to identify traditional Jewish education with secular education. This is a fallacy. The high rate of secular intellectualism in the Jewish population doesn't come from traditional Jewish education but from "enlightenment" secularism, just as the long-time radicalism of the Ivy League doesn't come from the "Old Deluder Law" or the Protestant Reformation's commitment to Biblical literacy but from the same source. The "enlightenment" is the source of almost all our woes in the world today (though it certainly had roots going back much further).
However, it is nonetheless true that the Torah contains the entire universe encoded at one level or another. For example, the ancient Jews knew the exact length of a lunar month without access to the observatories and astronomical fixation of surrounding cultures because this information had been given by G-d to Moses and his successors.
I'll take the Torah over secularism of any variety any day.
>>>For Western Civilization to be saved Western countries must rediscover what made them great. The answer isn’t Judaism for any of them
I mentioned the ancient Greek and Roman cultures. But Judaism is also an important culture because Jews have lived in Greece since 300 BC, and made notable contributions to Greco-Roman civilization.