Jiminy cricket, guys, enough with the linkbait on HN already. 1 in 5 scientists have considered leaving the U.S. That's the news here, if there is news. By way

Jiminy cricket, guys, enough with the linkbait on HN already. 1 in 5 scientists have considered leaving the U.S. That's the news here, if there is news. By way of comparison, another recent study shows 9% of the total population has considered leaving. People consider lots of things, and surveys show all kinds of nifty trends, like the percentage of people who believe we have been visited by aliens, or those thinking the moon landing was faked -- both of which, last I checked, had more traction in the public than the idea of leaving the country. People believe weird shit and hold interesting opinions. Film at 11. So the title doesn't match the essay. But wait! That's not all! The body of the text, supposedly from a non-partisan viewpoint, is pretty much an attack on one of the political parties in the U.S. I won't spoil the surprise for you, but I bet you can guess. Among the shifting and meandering logic, we get a nice confusion of whether or not funding equals science (the two are not necessarily related) and a nice slam across corporate America's face with the old "They're just in it for the profits" routine. All fairly normal and pedestrian rhetoric, but nothing much newsworthy, nothing with a supporting argument for the thesis, and nothing, frankly, that interesting. Unless you want to make a call for political action as part of supporting some political message, which this author does. That's great, but I'm not sure what to do with it on HN. Argue politics with all the usual players taking up the usual roles? Not so much. At least for me.