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Re:MIT: 20% drop in incoming graduate students by jryio on Thursday May 14, 2026 @11:20AM (#48136753)
I am also saying the same thing. They are commenting that the flight of human capital was coming from abroad and is no longer.

However that's not what brain drain means. You would say "Iran had a brain drain in the 70s" not "America was brain draining Iran" makes no sense.

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Re:MIT: 20% drop in incoming graduate students by tuckerman on Thursday May 14, 2026 @11:00PM (#48144051)
I would say there was a brain drain from Iran to the US but I've also heard it used as a transitive verb. I think if there is a clear place talent is moving it's useful to specify it (and fwiw it doesn't sound weird to my ear).
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