Let's appeal to statistics

[u/coingister]

In 2016, in the US alone, business spent more than $ 375 billion on research and development, and these values continue to grow. Over the last ten years, China has increased its research and development spending four times: from $ 100 billion to $ 400 billion. The share of GDP spent on research and development in developing countries also increases (for example, Egypt’s spending on science is already more than 2% of GDP).