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Lionel Mandrake

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Sun Aug 10, 2025, 02:40 PM Aug 2025

Some of our best scientists are leaving for greener pastures, [View all]

What's happening now in the USA is reminiscent of Nazi Germany.

The best German scientists, facing intolerable conditions after 1933, moved to other countries, especially the USA. The list of Nobel prize winners had been dominated by Germans before 1933. From 1933 onward their share of prizes plummeted, while ours soared.

Right now many of the best American scientists are facing intolerable conditions and planning to emigrate. The universities and laboratories they leave behind are likely to become increasingly mediocre, as Germany's did under the Nazis. Is this what we want for the USA?

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/29/nx-s1-5343966/countries-boost-recruitment-of-american-scientists-amid-cuts-to-scientific-funding

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