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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

I'm no nuclear physicist, but I'm heading out with my family. It's a computer science PhD, a applied mathematician with a PhD in education, and kids on track for engineering, history, computer science, art, and mathematics (we have a whole passel of kids).

My university has spent the last four years trying to hire a second faculty member to compliment my skill set and failed every time. I hope they succeed in the future, but now they'll need to hire two people to fully cover the classes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 18 points 21 hours ago

Hardly surprising considering the current funding climate and anti-intellectual sentiment of the current American administration. He will probably get an amazing salary and support to work on his project. Canada and Europe should set up something similar, easy visas and citizenship for American scientists and engineers.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

The brain drain has begun.

What a smart long term move, alienating all the smart people into leaving

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Smart for the people relying on stupid people to keep them in power

[–] [email protected] 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

How long before they're not allowed to leave?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Given the rampant racism in US, I'm expecting they'll continue to encourage them to leave actually.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

If the choice is having them help your "enemy" or subjecting them to personal trauma, which do you think they'll choose?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I mean this is why scientists are fleeing the US right now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Are they though? I haven't seen many stories about it but would entirely expect this to be the case. Especially because many are suddenly unemployed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 minutes ago (1 children)

That covers some Chinese departures over a period prior to trumps policies but there are a lot more nationalities to cover and more recently I would expect the number to increase substantially. Thanks for the info though. I'm sure there's more movement to come.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 minutes ago

I agree, and at the same time I imagine that the US is becoming less attractive to educated people which stems the flow of new talent into the country.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

China already has nukes. Come to Canada, man.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

Eh, doesn't look like nukes are his specialty. Canada's lack of nuclear weapons isn't due to a lack of technical capability anyways