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> I do fear the damage Brexit do to this type of collaboration in the future. For proof of this look at Canada, a non-EU country which has been unable to colla
by dev_dull 7y ago
> I do fear the damage Brexit do to this type of collaboration in the future.
For proof of this look at Canada, a non-EU country which has been unable to collaborate in any meaningful way in the sciences. (hopefully obvious sarcasm)
- ceejayoz 7y agoThat's kinda like saying being orphaned isn't disruptive because orphans exist, though. Brexit's more akin to what would happen if Quebec seceded.
- dev_dull 7y agoNot sure I totally see the equivalence. UK has been part of the EU since only 1973, and then with only one foot in the door (maintaining separate fiat currency monetary policies). Has Quebec ever been a separate country? Has Canada ever been divided? So much fear mongering. It was a referendum, decided by popular vote (a concept I hear is really catching on in American electorate politics).
- ceejayoz 7y agoThe point is that separation is more traumatic than merely being separate. Divorce tends to take longer and cost more than marriage. Leaving the EU will impact British academic research that's funded by the EU or done in collaboration with researchers in the EU. This isn't really in dispute - even in the unrealistic best case scenario of the UK negotiating the exact same access to all of this they have now, it'll take disruptive time to do so. https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/projects/brexit-uk-science/ https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/projects/brexit-uk-sc...