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American science to soon face its largest brain drain in history

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133 points yowzadave | 1 comments | 02 Jul 25 22:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source
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wslh ◴[03 Jul 25 00:04 UTC] No.44450168[source]▶
I don't clearly see how a massive exodus of American scientists moving abroad could happen. While I understand that young scientists might find it easier to relocate, the decision becomes significantly far more complicated for couples, even when both partners are scientists. For other countries or regions to become truly competitive, they would also need to increase their investment in science significantly [1].

[1] https://www.wipo.int/web/global-innovation-index/w/blogs/202...

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1. stonogo ◴[03 Jul 25 00:17 UTC] No.44450262[source]▶
Which is happening: See https://www.science.org.au/news-and-events/news-and-media-re... and https://www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/actualites/safe-place-scie... for current examples.

But other countries don't need to increase funding to become competitive, since we are decreasing funding. All they have to do is nothing.