translation.en: And everybody stepped back a little and said, you know, we ought to invest in this shit, because whoever has got the most of these people working in the places is going to have a dominant position, at least in the military, and probably in all kind of economic ways.
translation.zh: 之后人人仔细一看，都意识到， 我们得在科研上投资， 因为谁拥有了这些科学家， 这些科技成果，谁就有主动权， 至少在军事方面，而且很可能也在经济发展方面。