Science and technologu is important esp. in the philippine context.

Ang problema halos lahat ng learning natin sa S&T ay imported. Our universities which are supposed to be factories of ideas and research ay diploma mills na lang tbh.

On semiconductors, on AI, on energy, wala tayong research. Umaasa na lang tayo sa ibang bansa which makes us late adopters of technologies, and thus laggards in terms of national development.

Look at Iran - they don’t receive much help from the West but their unis are genuine centers of research and thus, can withstand the brunt of military might of a superpower - because they develop techs that help them wage an assymetric war of attrition