Comments on: Holy Flight of the Creative Class http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2006/09/21/holy-flight-of-the-creative-class/ The source on how we live, work and play Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:10:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wendy http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2006/09/21/holy-flight-of-the-creative-class/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Wendy Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:47:14 +0000 http://zstation/creativeclass/v3/creative_class/2006/09/21/holy-flight-of-the-creative-class/#comment-145 Is this data unique to biotechnology? Or are there similar findings for other university research fields that spin off innovative private firms? (Maybe engineering, computer science, or physics)? It would be interesting to know how much the unique "religiosity" in the United States is playing a role in discouraging science and scientists. If the same flight is happening in all fields, then it's more than that. But if it's just biotechnology (including stem cell related research) this would suggest it may be religion-based science policy that is the inhibiting factor behind biotechnology in US universities beginning to lag that field elsewhere. If that's the case, maybe biotechnology is a cluster that won't thrive in the US -- perhaps best to let it go (just like any uncompetitive industry) and focus on other fields. Is this data unique to biotechnology? Or are there similar findings for other university research fields that spin off innovative private firms? (Maybe engineering, computer science, or physics)?

It would be interesting to know how much the unique “religiosity” in the United States is playing a role in discouraging science and scientists. If the same flight is happening in all fields, then it’s more than that. But if it’s just biotechnology (including stem cell related research) this would suggest it may be religion-based science policy that is the inhibiting factor behind biotechnology in US universities beginning to lag that field elsewhere.

If that’s the case, maybe biotechnology is a cluster that won’t thrive in the US — perhaps best to let it go (just like any uncompetitive industry) and focus on other fields.

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