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Re:Scientists have lost their jobs after NIH probe into fore... by nn3 on Sunday June 14, 2020 @12:46PM (#23519160)
Such actions have a tendency to back fire.

For example read up on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qian_Xuesen

This was a scientist who was forced out in the 50ies and he ended up founding modern Chinese rocketry, including their ICBMs. Of course they would have eventually done it anyways, but it would have likely taken longer.

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Re:Scientists have lost their jobs after NIH probe into fore... by dominotw on Sunday June 14, 2020 @12:49PM (#23519187)
> Of course they would have eventually done it anyways, ut it would have likely taken longer.

why? what was he waiting for?

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Re:Scientists have lost their jobs after NIH probe into fore... by catalogia on Sunday June 14, 2020 @01:17PM (#23519446)
I'm pretty sure that sentence should be parsed as:

> Of course [China] would have [had an ICBM program] anyways, but it would have likely taken longer.

rather than

> Of course [Qian Xuesen] would have [defected] anyways, but it would have likely taken longer.

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Re:Scientists have lost their jobs after NIH probe into fore... by nn3 on Sunday June 14, 2020 @02:10PM (#23519845)
Yes I was referring to the ICBM program.

No idea what Xuesen would have done without McCarthyism, but he might have well ended up staying in the US.

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Re:Scientists have lost their jobs after NIH probe into fore... by sct202 on Sunday June 14, 2020 @12:52PM (#23519211)
People have plans but get comfortable. How many FAANG engineers have grand startup plans but are comfortable with their jobs that they don't go out and pursue those plans?
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Re:Scientists have lost their jobs after NIH probe into fore... by dominotw on Sunday June 14, 2020 @01:13PM (#23519403)
> Such actions have a tendency to back fire.

So this conclusion was drawn based on speculation that he was complacent person?

> FAANG engineers have grand startup plans but are comfortable with their jobs

In this case he got a job with another govt agency( Chinese ) so equivalent would be FANG engineers getting a job in another FANG company, which they do all the time.

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