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In current state of affairs, US acts a giant vaccine pump for talent which means lot of great academics which were supposed to exist in their native countries n
by sytelus 9y ago
In current state of affairs, US acts a giant vaccine pump for talent which means lot of great academics which were supposed to exist in their native countries now exist in one of US universities. I think the recent number on US contribution to research output of the world was staggering 35% far eclipsing any other countries in the world. If you are looking for great department you don't really have lot of choice. However current political climate is rapidly changing this status quo.
- skummetmaelk 9y agoHow do you measure research output? If you measure it as papers published per capita (admittedly not a very good metric), several european countries lie above the US. The EU in general also has the highest amount of scientists/researchers per capita. We tend to be biased against results from outside the major ivy league institutions because ivy league results are reported in the press as "harvard professor finds X" whereas the rest of the world has its findings reported as "researches discover Y", or if they are lucky "scientists from country X discover Y". This leads to the extremely superior branding of the top US universities which everyone can name, while they struggle to name 3 of the best institutions in Europe.
- trentmb 9y agoIt seems like a weird form of colonialism.