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Brain drain? Trump cutbacks force scientists to seek jobs in Europe
- armitron 2y agoReuters is turning into a rag. The vast majority of cutting edge research is not taking place in ossified academia these days, and most Oxford/Cambridge PhDs get on a plane to the US the moment they're done with their degrees. How is that for brain drain?
- SOLAR_FIELDS 2y agoCitation would be helpful for these two claims
- mindslight 2y agoIf you go to foxnews.com and read long enough you'll believe it. Does that count as a source? But seriously I'd bet it's just the typical conflation of "innovation" of new consumer-facing products with fundamental research. A sad example of Dunning-Kruger.
- ben_w 2y agoI used to live in Cambrige, several friends had PhDs. None went to the US when they got their PhDs, and some even resigned from UK jobs when their multinational employers tried to relocate them to the US. One's in Sheffield, another went to ITER.
- ChrisArchitect 2y agoRelated: Toulouse University wants to host US researchers whose work is at risk https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43629490 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43629490