Upon the facts of uncertainty that face us today. Even with the raw weight of scientific community situated in US.
Should young scientists consider EU or other countries as their goal?
What is your opinion on stories of scientists migrating their studies to EU and elsewhere?
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> Should young scientists consider EU or other countries as their goal?
I don’t know, what are those hypothetical young scientists’ values politically?
At the moment I would avoid the US as much as possible, especially (but not only) if you are not a US citizen. Funding could stop at any moment, you could face arbitrary travel restrictions and other issues. And that’s the best case, already assuming you live in a place that puts some value on facts, common sense and human rights.
Some projects require science on location such as Antarctica. It’s not tied to a laboratory, as a PhD thesis requires travelling to speak and promote the topic in the world before the award is given.
You would be dumb as fuck to want to enter the states right now, for education especially
Scientists should work to promote ethical and accurate science in whatever country they’re located in. The US is not some bastion of science, it’s a country with its policies and support of science dictated by politics like any other country.
As a US citizen and a scientist, I would say that currently the EU, Japan, and Singapore are the places that actually let science be science, not the US (especially under the current administration), but even in those places politics affects what you get funded for.
For at least the next four years, we’re headed for government sponsored research requirements that require scientists to ignore facts and use “alternative facts” that agree with what the lunatics choose to believe.
Much like how German scientists in Nazi Germany had bend all their research to support the Nazi propaganda requirements; or how Soviet Russia scientists had to ensure that all their research incorporated Soviet propaganda points; or how North Korean scientists have to ensure that any findings the discover match what Kim thinks is real. I’m not leaving Communist China out but, well, I hope you get the picture.
To be blunt, the US could crater it’s “perks” by 50% and still be the best place in the world to be.