RSSOk, I assume Steve is ironically not stating the obvious that the author of this article is pandering to academic promoters by claiming that blacks and browns’ talent is not being utilized(because racism) and using (((Einstein’s))) name as the quintessence of technological innovation, even though his field of work was the most abstracted of theory. Maybe the photoelectric effect explanation had some practical significance down the line, I don’t know. The author is pressing all the right buttons, of course! We see that he “gets it” and will be safe for an administration position.
Regarding all the Asian patents supposedly coming out, yeah sure, but there are patents and there are patents. There are a trillion frivolous patents for one integrated circuit, for one transistor. Whabam
Something that struck me about davids joke was that it is not as self critical as some may have it at first glance. He is not so subtly reminding us of the achievements and scientific contributions of Jews. One reading might be “yes some of us have fun at your expense, but look what you wouldn’t have without us.” That’s a legitimate point of view, but the mirror reasoning for white Europeans is never allowed: “yes our ancestors may have committed some crimes, but look at the technological wonders and cures we have created! Aren’t we exonerated by all that?”
Instead, white European cultural and scientific achievements are regarded as some sort of property of humanity that would have been created anyway, or worse that we somehow unfairly beat others to our creations and stole them from them.
Here's Larry David appreciating Wagner in the 2nd season of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
That’s a legitimate point of view, but the mirror reasoning for white Europeans is never allowed: “yes our ancestors may have committed some crimes, but look at the technological wonders and cures we have created!