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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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