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Terence Tao on the suspension of UCLA grants

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280 points dargscisyhp | 4 comments | 02 Aug 25 06:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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Almondsetat ◴[02 Aug 25 08:23 UTC] No.44765722[source]▶
It's really telling when an invaluable intellectual powerhouse specialized in a non politicized field gets its funds taken away because of politics

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This is a comment about the administration, not Tao.

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ekianjo ◴[02 Aug 25 08:35 UTC] No.44765781[source]▶
thats why they should refrain from engaging in politics in the first place. the day the wind changes you lose.
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kzrdude ◴[02 Aug 25 09:06 UTC] No.44765901[source]▶
Then it's maybe not a free country anymore if you have to think about how your actions are perceived by the president in power at every step.
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1. ekianjo ◴[02 Aug 25 09:12 UTC] No.44765936[source]▶
I hate to state the obvious but if your livelihood depends on federal grants then by all means you need to take in account the fact that oresidents can change after a few years.
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2. sigmoid10 ◴[02 Aug 25 09:16 UTC] No.44765960[source]▶
There has been no precedent for what is happening right now. This is literally Project 2025 and the "you'll never have to vote again" people trying to turn the US into a dictatorship. If people don't speak out now, we might have MAGA in power for the next 25 years just like Putin was for the last.
3. delusional ◴[02 Aug 25 09:29 UTC] No.44766022[source]▶
That's the thinking of pure power politics which is antithetical to modernity and democracy. It's a complete reversal to pre-enlightenment feudalism, where the lord has complete control over your fate.
4. hcknwscommenter ◴[02 Aug 25 09:59 UTC] No.44766212[source]▶
That was never true in the past. This is new.