95% World Inventions are British

Discussion in 'Economics' started by bearice, Jul 29, 2011.

  1. Bob111

    Bob111

    hey...look..a talking shrooms ...:p
     
    #11     Jul 29, 2011
  2. they are accostumed and have immunity to them.
     
    #12     Jul 29, 2011
  3. fantastic isn`t it?:D

    definitely not what we see each and every day getting our arses from our coffin beds:D
     
    #13     Jul 29, 2011
  4. i wonder who`s invented mushrooms:D
     
    #14     Jul 29, 2011
  5. hoffmanw

    hoffmanw


    Maybe British people have innovated a lot of things, but most inventions actually come from ancient China: soccer, ice cream, iron casting, compass, pizza, paper, golf, mass production, math, bureaucratic system, banking, currency notes, animation, crossbow, printing, guns (yes, it came from China), machinery, rockets, alcoholic drinks (beers), sausage, etc.... Maybe you have never watched History TV cable channel.
     
    #15     Jul 29, 2011
  6. 1.3 billion or 1300 million people.
     
    #16     Jul 29, 2011
  7. Maybe you believe in Joulupukki
     
    #17     Jul 30, 2011
  8. In terms of internation patent filings, the British aren't even close. The US is the top country in 2010, and each of the last 5 years according to this report. The US dwarfs the British in patent filings, nearly 10 times as many. The British are Number 7 on the list. Here's the link:

    http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2011/article_0004.html
     
    #18     Jul 30, 2011
  9. doesn`t mean it was meaningful filings
     
    #19     Jul 30, 2011
  10. onava

    onava

    only 95%. i thought it would be higher..
     
    #20     Jul 30, 2011