Researchers are terrified of Trump’s freeze on science. The rest of us should be, too.
Government support is essential to science. The Trump administration kneecapped it.
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“It’s heartbreaking,” she said. “There are people in my position making pragmatic decisions about their careers. There are people we will absolutely lose to industry, whose brilliance will go toward a company instead of public good.”
The wealthy will profit from knowledge while the public suffer in ignorance. This is the plan, though it's stupid and short-sighted.
I hope other countries can provide a base for US scientists to continue their work for the public good. But it's a shame the Republican plan to destroy the USA is working so quickly.
I wouldn't be shocked to see China benefitting enormously from American brain drain
Everything Trump does seems designed to put the USA at a disadvantage against China and Russia. He's stupid, but at some point you have to wonder how his stupidity can be so systematic.
Selling the country’s future out the back door because he was offered a cut and the people at the front door don’t get mad, they get jealous.
Definitely some stupidity in the doorways, as well as greed and malice.
A quarter of STEM workers are immigrants. With the crusade against immigrants they have a good reason to take their work somewhere else. It's a good way to reduce the competitive edge of a country.
As an American, good. They have their sins, but their people are educated, courteous, and prosocial. Our people are ignorant, hateful, and selfish.
Looking at that from a standpoint of what path is best for humanity? I'm ashamed of my nation's values and people. My people reject knowledge and wisdom, I can't stand with that.
Making at least $100,000 after tax a year in a country with low living costs? You can bet on it.
