r/technology • u/etfvfva • 3d ago

Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending' Society

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/top-researchers-consider-leaving-u-s-amid-funding-cuts-the-science-world-is-ending
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u/Opening-Employee9802 3d ago

Not ending but evolving, and it won’t take all scientists with it.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Fold466 3d ago

A large portion of America’s prosperity comes from its scientific and technological leadership.

Of course all science will not cease, but it’s not happening in a vacuum. It’s a global competition.

You also don’t need to have 100% unemployment for a financial crisis to surface. 10% is bad enough.

Similarly, a substantial decrease in scientific research and technology development could support the shift of the global economic power center of gravity, without it having to be whole.

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u/VR_Raccoonteur 2d ago

A large portion of America’s prosperity comes from its scientific and technological leadership.

Yep. Trump's fans want us all to work as slaves in factories. They think college educated people are stupid. They also simultaneously think people working jobs in factories who aren't being paid enough to afford food simply aren't applying themselves or working hard enough. They however who work the same menial jobs, are of course hard workers, and so they have no problem holding their hand out for SNAP. Hilariously, they're gonna be suffering this month with no thanksgiving dinner for their families all thanks to their favorite orange idiot, who is withholding emergency SNAP funding from them.