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Terence Tao on the suspension of UCLA grants

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280 points dargscisyhp | 2 comments | 02 Aug 25 06:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.429s | 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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bsaul ◴[02 Aug 25 09:32 UTC] No.44766039[source]▶
i agree with you, but i think it's been the case in the US for the past 15 years already. The only difference is trump pushing toward different issues than biden.
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kergonath ◴[02 Aug 25 10:02 UTC] No.44766232[source]▶
Which president did anything like this anywhere close to that scale? You are getting confused by propaganda.
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1. bsaul ◴[02 Aug 25 10:19 UTC] No.44766329[source]▶
It was much less a one-man thing, i agree. Looking at the US debates from europe however, I have the feeling monolithic thinking was very much in place in academia on a wide range of topics (gender theory, climate change, israel support, vaccine mandate, etc).

And not just academia if i look at zuckerberg's testimony over federal government censoring people arbitrarily on the platforms.

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2. ◴[02 Aug 25 12:39 UTC] No.44767120[source]▶