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[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 36 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'd say we had a good run but we really didn't.

[–] uSSRI@hexbear.net 23 points 3 days ago

Rest in piss USA, smoke em if ya got em

[–] badbytes@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

Making everywhere else, great again.

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)
[–] foggianism@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Keep on winning, America!

[–] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 19 points 3 days ago (3 children)

anecdotally, I know people finishing their phds that have jobs lined up elsewhere in the world because there are no federal science job openings

the brain drain is real and self-imposed

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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Europe is infinitely welcoming of these people, they'll always have a place here.

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[–] segfault11@hexbear.net 19 points 3 days ago (3 children)

we'll just get chatgpt to invent new science for us

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well, that happened to Germany back in the 1930s/40s. Before that, about 1/3 of Nobel Prizes went to German scientists.

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[–] rirus@feddit.org 18 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)

Why a quarter, isn't it more then a third? Edit: Sorry, i misread it that they would want to get rid of a quarter of their people and omitted the million.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

That's how the 3. Reich started.

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