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Re:U.S. Science Is in Chaos by itsamario on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @04:26PM (#48576357)
When words lose their meaning, people lose their freedom. -Confucius

I've read that asia is leading the world in scientific discoveries and therefore Mandarin gets the naming rights. That's privilege and the reason English is fleeting

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Re:U.S. Science Is in Chaos by mbivert on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @04:40PM (#48576554)
I've read that too. Yet, I've also read stuff like [0]. The truth is probably somewhere it between

[0]: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01902-0

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Re:U.S. Science Is in Chaos by emodendroket on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @11:21PM (#48580351)
I'm sure they do genuinely have those problems but it's not like Western research has been free of such scandals.
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Re:U.S. Science Is in Chaos by BigTTYGothGF on Thursday June 18, 2026 @09:45AM (#48585224)
> When words lose their meaning, people lose their freedom. -Confucius

I don't think I believe that this is a real Confucius quote.

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