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US science is being wrecked

by xqcgrek2 on 6/5/25, 1:47 AM with 39 comments

• by sQL_inject on 6/5/25, 1:47 PM

  I think if you're against these cuts you also have to be open to finding out which of these historical investments have a good rate of return. I.e. which is more important, tax dollars spent finding out the composition of Mars rocks or spent on fusion energy?

  In the spirit of good science and as a happy taxpayer for the cause of these organizations, we should still be open to their scrutiny. A simple question we should ask, after all we're good scientists, is whether these groups are at their appropriate funding-to-success level or not, particularly in an era of a spiraling debt crisis.

• by rossant on 6/5/25, 6:44 AM

  So depressing. Like watching a slow-motion suicide of an entire country.

• by rotten on 6/5/25, 12:18 PM

  It's the old " I never used algebra in my job, but I did use things the football coach taught me" mindset.

• by mandeepj on 6/5/25, 9:32 AM

  Fascists don’t like science and education in general

• by ToDougie on 6/5/25, 6:21 PM

  The US is over-leveraged and should be making spending cuts. Sorry folks.