Re:U.S. Science Is in Chaos
by danny_codes on Thursday June 18, 2026 @01:05AM
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Exactly. The US is a leader in technology pretty much exclusively because of immigration. As that reverses, we can expect the US to fall behind, and fall further behind, over time.
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Maybe. We’ll see. I just know the reality is not a mass efflux of Americans to China. That’s idiotic.
Re:U.S. Science Is in Chaos
by danny_codes on Thursday June 18, 2026 @10:04PM
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60% of all CS researchers in America are not American. 55% of all engineering researchers.
When everyone goes home America loses the majority of it's research output, plus the extra Americans who choose to join them. I suspect a great many Americans will choose to join them, for personal or professional reasons. Why try to get a grant in the US, where the rules change whenever Trump sneezes, vs a stable, consistent system in the rest of the OECD?