[Cacique]

This extraordinary remark which could only be made by someone who is entirely ignorant of all three of these fields.

after the 1930's, name one major technological development that originated in Europe. Consider all of our present technology and think of which was NOT originally developed in the United States.

[Arkle]

Well, just off the top of my head, how about the first stored program computer, or the discovery of the structure of DNA? The jet engine? The helicopter? Antibiotics? The first satellite in space? The first man in space? The compact disc? Test-tube babies? Controlled nuclear fusion? Shall I go on? We don't live in mud huts, you know.