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>This is related to what we were arguing over last bread, but doesn't completely determine it; I suggest looking at something like the proportion of scientific papers published in English over time.
I've seen an image where they drew a circle around UK & NW Europe and 90+ of the important science discoveries of the 18-19th and early 20th century were done there.

USA really became an intellectual superpower during WW2 and after. Today unfortunately, China has been allowed to get ahead in a number of areas.

America has belclowned itself with things like girlbosses and picrel. America is no longer a serious country.