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The US is literally cutting funding now for science and letting politics get in the way of science. We can’t have an honest discussion about this without addre
by scarface_74 2y ago
The US is literally cutting funding now for science and letting politics get in the way of science.
We can’t have an honest discussion about this without addressing the elephant in the room.
Japan or some other nation has a chance to step up and fill the void that the US is creating. Some other countries universities could even partner with the US universities.
- dang 2y agoSure, but there have been many threads about that*, there can and will be others, and those threads are the place to discuss it. Not allowing large/important/hot/generic/divisive topics to drown out smaller/quieter/marginal/curious/specific ones is one of the core principles here. * Edit: here's a partial list: What's happening inside the NIH and NSF - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42940257 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42940257 - Feb 2025 (1519 comments) CDC: Unpublished manuscripts mentioning certain topics must be pulled or revised - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42905937 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42905937 - Feb 2025 (719 comments) CDC data are disappearing - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42897696 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42897696 - Feb 2025 (589 comments) NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with executive orders - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42886661 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42886661 - Jan 2025 (488 comments) 'Never seen anything like this' – NIH meetings and travel halted abruptly - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42817910 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42817910 - Jan 2025 (111 comments) NIH hit with freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42798960 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42798960 - Jan 2025 (440 comments)