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War refugee turned Nobel prize winning scientist in the US posts about Trump administration cuts to funding for his biomedical research "Within hours" he gets an email from China offering to move his lab to any Chinese city with guaranteed funding for 20 years
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David Watson 🥑
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If you're unwilling to help them make discoveries (some of the most important in history), you'll lose them to someone who will. It's that simple- even though it's heartbreaking to see.
Of course he posted on BlueSky. Brilliant scientists spend most of their time and mind on science, and consequently are easily exploited by political sharpshooters because politically they are often naive. I bet this scientist doesn't know (because he gets his news from probably
Turns out when Trump said "tough on China" what he really meant was "here's global dominance on a silver platter". Who knew 🤷🏼‍♂️
This is how we lose top scientists and defend research & universities. Funding top education & research made use of leaders in science & technology. 100 years trashed 🗑. Other countries realize value.
This is "winning" in Trumpworld. But Trump & his crew couldn't care less because their only goal is robbing our country blind until there's nothing left.
The US-China relationship seems to be a quid pro quo of epic proportions : wealth transfer on an unprecedented scale in exchange for immunity against prosecution. ( except maybe a little jail time for financial crimes, war crimes, and attempted genocide by weaponizing nutrition )
Sadly too few Americans realize the long-term damage this widespread brain drain will do to our nation's standing in the world and leadership role on the scientific stage.
Ask anyone who's done this how free or safe they feel in China, where you can be immediately incarcerated for going against their govt. China is not the answer for these people, even if these big offers seem inviting.
All of the stupid fucking right wingers in these replies can’t seem to get it through their thick skulls that research done at the fundamental levels of science is not ever profitable in the short term. Companies NEVER pay for it, it’s always one government or another.
I hope every single Scientist leaves our country and takes their research to China and every other country smart enough to fund biomedical research, and leaves America reverting to the ‘dark ages’ for decades. That’s what #TACOTrump and ignorance are promoting.
If his research is actually valuable, then a company should fund it. The government should not. Taxes are money taken from citizens, they should be only used for essential items, not funding every scientist who has an idea.
America will lose all its Scientists and their discoveries due to ignorance on the part of the Trump administration. And we’ll deserve it if we stand by and do nothing.
You can’t tell me he wasn’t also receiving offers from American biomedical/pharmaceutical companies. I’ll believe the “brain drain” narrative when I actually see these people depart for jobs abroad. He states he loves his adopted country…yeah and so do most of his peers.
Wow, what a story! Talent truly knows no borders. , your insights on global competition for innovation have been spot-on—this feels like a prime example. China’s aggressive funding moves are hard to ignore, especially when contrasted with cuts at home.
Donald's unforced errors continuing to piss away American scientific dominance. He's determined to make MAGAstan into a third world country .
They can have this F'in Muslim. Who gives a sh*t "Immigrant comes to America, given everything, lives his dream, hates America" This story is so tiring