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I think the highest ranked technical universities by the end of this decade will be Chinese. Things are accelerating more than I expected.

by chvid 5mo ago

mcmcmc 5mo ago
Some people would argue they’ve already taken the lead
electrondood 5mo ago
Making America great again, again.
malshe 5mo ago
I've my doubts. Chinese researchers are publishing a lot but their papers are getting retracted at even higher rate. Currently, they account for 50% of all retractions across the publishers. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.19197v1 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.19197v1
- ggoo 5mo ago
  One of the best ways to get better at something difficult is to do it a lot.
  - malshe 5mo ago
    I guess they will be great at retractions at this rate
geodel 5mo ago
And there is no clamor Chinese green card either in politicians in China for students coming from other countries or in people outside coming to China. And if China will be having highest ranking technical universities, it means immigration is not a necessity for technical excellence or ranking as many keep alluding to.
- DaSHacka 5mo ago
  Exactly this, it's hilarious seeing the reasoning ITT and elsewhere that we need unlimited foreign immigration to possibly keep stride with China, a country with extremely strict immigration opportunities and as a result, much better cultural cohesion. I actually agree with them that China is absolutely on track to surpass us, though the funny part is they never stopped to think about why that might be, nor what it will mean for Western countries and immigration going forward. The writing is really on the wall for the death of "a country is an economic zone migrants should be free to enter and leave at will" line of thinking, but regaining the cohesion we once had and the previous pressure for migrants to actually assimilate rather than just forming closed satellite communities may take longer still.

I think the highest ranked technical universities by the end of this decade will be Chinese. Things are accelerating more than I expected.

by chvid 5mo ago

I think the highest ranked technical universities by the end of this decade will be Chinese. Things are accelerating more than I expected.

mcmcmc 5mo ago

Some people would argue they’ve already taken the lead

electrondood 5mo ago

Making America great again, again.

malshe 5mo ago

I've my doubts. Chinese researchers are publishing a lot but their papers are getting retracted at even higher rate. Currently, they account for 50% of all retractions across the publishers. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.19197v1 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.19197v1

ggoo 5mo ago
One of the best ways to get better at something difficult is to do it a lot.
- malshe 5mo ago
  I guess they will be great at retractions at this rate

geodel 5mo ago

And there is no clamor Chinese green card either in politicians in China for students coming from other countries or in people outside coming to China. And if China will be having highest ranking technical universities, it means immigration is not a necessity for technical excellence or ranking as many keep alluding to.

DaSHacka 5mo ago
Exactly this, it's hilarious seeing the reasoning ITT and elsewhere that we need unlimited foreign immigration to possibly keep stride with China, a country with extremely strict immigration opportunities and as a result, much better cultural cohesion. I actually agree with them that China is absolutely on track to surpass us, though the funny part is they never stopped to think about why that might be, nor what it will mean for Western countries and immigration going forward. The writing is really on the wall for the death of "a country is an economic zone migrants should be free to enter and leave at will" line of thinking, but regaining the cohesion we once had and the previous pressure for migrants to actually assimilate rather than just forming closed satellite communities may take longer still.