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President Macron has a message for U.S. climate scientists: "Come To France" (Original Post)
kpete
May 2017
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dalton99a
(92,821 posts)1. It will take years to undo damage to American science from Trump and his ilk
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)2. France has a young leader with intelligence, reason and vision.
For know we're stuck with an idiotic, narrow minded, self serving
old frump.
lostnfound
(17,438 posts)3. Omg that's a historic moment. And possibly portentous
There was a time when America was actively importing all the best scientists..
OregonBlue
(8,180 posts)4. And so, under Trump, begins the great American Brain Drain.
brush
(61,033 posts)5. I like this guy.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)6. Problem is, not enough jobs
And France has real problems with cronyism, Old-boy's network, and bureaucratic red tape that make doing science very difficult for the newcomer. I know several scientists who tried to work there and left for those reasons.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)7. Fascist movements always inspire brain drains. Deliberately. n/t
