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You mean the continent that invented pretty much everything you're using to write this post, including electric machines, computers and the world wide web?

The anti-Europe propaganda here is insane.

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From context, I doubt they are saying that Europe has zero innovation — they’re likely trying to complain about current rules and regulations stifling innovation and progress today. No one thinks Europe has done nothing worthwhile, ever…

That too, is nonsense. The EU produces 18% of the world's scientific paper's compared to 12% for the US [0]

[0] https://ec.europa.eu/assets/rtd/srip/2024/ec_rtd_srip-report... Figure 3.1

Are the papers useful/impactful or does the EU just blindly throw money at scammers with PhDs?

Innovation !== Business

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