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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just means those on the margins won’t have a free ride PhD.  [/quote]

If this country doesn't want to fund high-level science education and research, other countries will compete for it.[/quote]

Again, US will be funding the A and B teams, rest of the world will be funding the scrubs.  [/quote]

[b]Oh sure.  Sounds like we're really behind science research these days........[/b]

The American Association for the Advancement of Science has estimated that if the administration succeeds in cutting the 2026 federal science budget to $154 billion from $198 billion it would represent the smallest amount the federal government has spent on science in this century. The result “would essentially end America’s long-standing role as the world leader in science and innovation,” Toby Smith, senior vice president for government relations and public policy at the Association of American Universities, said in July.[/quote]

We definitely are. Just take a look at one metric:

https://www.nature.com/nature-index/news/nature-index-research-leaders-western-institutions-lose-top-spots

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