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The White House’s attacks on academia and budget cuts for research have provided an opening for other countries to poach leading scientists.

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[–] DandomRude@piefed.social 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What is this supposed to mean? The brain drain has been underway ever since the fascists took the helm - take the medical field, for example: The CDC used to be an organization of enormous global importance. After this absurd conspiracy-theorist clown took office, the majority of the capable staff were fired because they refused to go along with his anti-science bullshit. Now the CDC is barely a shadow of its former self and has consequently lost both its credibility and its purpose on the international stage. This has cost many lives and done enormous damage to the US as a center of scientific excellence.

This is the case in many areas, which is hardly surprising under a Nazi regime that portrays science as the enemy.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

B-b-but this article hasn't yet gotten its clicks yet!!?!

Journalists are constantly "surprised" (shocked, Shocked - SHOOKETH I tell you!!), because we pay them to be such (by clicking).

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Scientific language 1900: German.

Scientific language 2000: English.

Scientific language 2100: Chinese.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Scientific language 2200: Klingon

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Could? It has already started happening last year.

[–] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As an early career scientist, the poaching is only for leading scientists. So even with that a lot of people in US have to leave science, which was already bad because scientists made like half the salary of same expertise in an industry position.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Uh no it's not.

It helps fund entire departments at universities.

From associates to post docs. Everyone is fucked. Except non academia scientists that work for corporations in R&D.

And even a large chunk of that is funded by government grants.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No shit, hey thanks for so very tentatively hinting at the suggestion NYT. On the leading edge of journalism as always.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Part of the same media that probably thought explaining how awful Donvict was back in 2015 was hysterical or unfair, so spent lots of time dunking on Hillary for "balance".

Same way they treated Project 2025 in the run up to 2024 election. The MSM all spent lots of time amplifying maximalist leftist "concerns" over Gaza, as if Donvict was not going to be much, much worse.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly so.

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

And thank goodness for that.