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"From World War II until 2024, the USA stood unchallenged as the scientific
leader of the free world. Across practically every discipline — physics,
materials science, astronomy, chemistry, biology, medicine, geology, etc. —
American scientific missions and initiatives, often in collaboration with
European, Canadian, Asian, and many other global partners, brought us new
advances and breakthroughs, paving the way for generations of scientists to
thrive. In a society that values facts, scientific truths, education, and the
public good, this recipe led to multiple generations of continued breakthroughs
and advances.
Since late January of this year, however, all of that has rapidly changed. Many
of the most valuable scientific organizations in the world, including NOAA,
NASA, the NSF, the CDC, the EPA, and the FDA among them, have experienced a set
of internal attacks that are truly unprecedented.
* Funding streams have been terminated.
* Grants that have been successfully competed for and won have been pulled.
* Fellowships and scholarships have been revoked.
* Contracts have been broken.
* Thousands upon thousands of employees have been terminated, often in defiance
of court orders.
And now, at the start of the second half of 2025, a new budget is on the verge
of becoming law, which would largely exterminate science-as-we-know-it across
universities and colleges, research institutes, and national labs. This isn't a
horror story; this is a real-life nightmare for the most educated and skilled
American workers of all: scientists.
And yet, even if the worst comes to pass, there's still a reason to be hopeful.
Hitler's destruction of his nation's science in 1930s Nazi Germany wound up
leading to tremendous benefits the rest of the world: that exodus of scientists
became known as Hitler's gift. Even if American science becomes gutted to the
worst imaginable level, science will still survive and thrive in the rest of
the world, and we could be witnessing the pivotal moment that leads to the
decline of the USA and the rise of other scientific and technological national
leaders across the world. Here's the story of what's happening from a
scientist's perspective."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
