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‘We’re no longer attracting top talent’: the brain drain killing American science
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2026
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There are enough smart people who do love exactly that because it proves their superiority.
Nobody loves that. But there are people who love doing science, so they do it despite that.
I don’t think the intersection of “scientist” and “masochistic asshole” is actually big enough to carry us.