The U.S. Is Driving Away Young Scientists

Re:The U.S. Is Driving Away Young Scientists by thibsrn on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @09:39AM (#50441057)

Even though I'm sure it's factually true that there is a decrease in interest from international young researchers to come to the US, articles like this are always a bit dramatic and have a political bias. More problematic are the budget cuts than the decreasing flow of talent from abroad. The country has enough domestic eager brains and the cultural capital to compensate later for this temporary dip.

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Re:The U.S. Is Driving Away Young Scientists by rideontime on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @09:48AM (#50441164)

Are you sure?

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Re:The U.S. Is Driving Away Young Scientists by Avshalom on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @09:49AM (#50441177)

The budget cuts also have a political bias.

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Re:The U.S. Is Driving Away Young Scientists by thibsrn on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @10:01AM (#50441359)

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Re:The U.S. Is Driving Away Young Scientists by ModernMech on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @09:51AM (#50441195)

> The country has enough domestic eager brains and the cultural capital to compensate later for this temporary dip.

No, not really. I mean, we potentially could, but not with the state of education as it is -- the top career goals for US highschoolers are athlete, youtuber, musician, actor... they want fame and fortune. And why shouldn't they, that's what America tells them is important.

At my university, we fill our masters and PhD ranks with international students. Even if we admitted 100% of the domestic students who apply each year, we wouldn't have a full cohort. And if we did do that, and they all did attend, the 15 other schools they applied to would fall short.

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Re:The U.S. Is Driving Away Young Scientists by DragonStrength on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @10:07AM (#50441447)

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Re:The U.S. Is Driving Away Young Scientists by miltonlost on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @09:53AM (#50441235)

And these budget cuts you blame are in no way political? The cuts are just naturally occurring and not introduced by Trump or right-wing politicians? Sorry that the truth and reality has a liberal "bias".

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Re:The U.S. Is Driving Away Young Scientists by SV_BubbleTime on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @10:01AM (#50441347)

How many trains of dollars does the country in debt? I’m not sure I care if a cut is political. Cuts have to be made.

Not actually though, most reasonable people know that the only solution out will be war and massive restructuring.

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Re:The U.S. Is Driving Away Young Scientists by zemoerfi on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @10:05AM (#50441418)

You do care if a cut is political. "We cut farm subsidies because Iowa voted against us" is a political vote. "We cut defense spending because we believe in peace through diplomacy" is a political cut. "We cut disease research because we think vaccines cause autism" is a political cut.

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Re:The U.S. Is Driving Away Young Scientists by freejazz on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @10:41AM (#50441932)

Gasp! The "P" word?!

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