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American Science is in Dangerous Decline while Chinese Research Surges, Experts Warn | Scientific American (www.scientificamerican.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's cause we can't fucking fund research. Physicists, for example, are one of the most unemployed while being one of the smartest people of our time, are barely scraping by.

Engineering? Engineering is mostly in defense creating weapons. Imagine if NASA had the amount of money of defense. The world would be transformed so much.