Speed running towards Idiocracy by 2028
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Idiocracy with fascist characteristics.
At least all the people in Idiocracy were united and happy in their ignorant world.
And their leader listened to the smarter guy around. The most unrealistic part of the movie
I enjoy that movie less and less, not because it's a bad movie, but quite the opposite.
no need to rush it, were already here.
who am I kidding, President Camacho would be way better than Trump and most DNC candidates.
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The better to fascist you with, my dear
Why a quarter, isn't it more then a third?
330100-90000=240100
240,100 is pretty close to 250,000. 250000*4=1,000,000
Unless you just misread the tweet or chart, in which case, sorry for explaining the wrong part.
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330100-90000 = 240100, that's pretty close to a quarter of a million.
330-90=240.
330-90=240
So about a quarter mil when you put the zeros back in.
And still some people think it will be fine in 3.5 years.
Oh my god it’s only been half a year D:
It absolutely won't be.
But it might be moving in the right direction.
Regardless, will take decades/generations to fully recover from this, if ever.
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Has an empire ever been so complicit in their own demise?
Maybe theocracies like Afghanistan. Even North Korea likes scientists.
Maybe Cambodia and Khmer Rouge? But not many.
Probably all empires seed their own demise, I would guess
But so deliberately? In what world does a half intelligent person believe this to be a good long term strategy?
Most of the US believes in this, or is just unaware. That's how its been for most of history around the world.
...The remarkable issue here is the elites/rules we handed the reigns now drink their own kool-aid. The very top of most authoritarian regimes are at least cognisant of some hypocrisy, even if ideology eats them some.
The other is that people are more 'connected' than ever, but to disinformation streams. I feel like a lot of the world (especially the US fancies) themselves as super smart on shit they know nothing about because of something they saw on Facebook or YouTube.
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It's called a coup. The same thing our government orchestrated in other countries.
Maybe Pol Pot murdering intellectuals and people who wear glasses?
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I thought science memes were funny, not soul crushing 🤕
Or another way to look at it- cutting nearly 75% of scientists. Can't have climate change if there's no one working! Watch them find some money to give to ExxonMobile to 'study' the impacts of fossil fuels. Wonder what that report will say! /s
No need for the /s I fully expect that is what will happen. Also a great firewall, so yanks can't access unapproved information from over seas
When people's businesses start being revolked, sold off by the government, or smashed up, you can be pretty sure there's going to be a more systemic genocide.
So watch out for that happening.
If you can get out, now's the time.
If not, now's the time to buy guns and ammo.
It was time for that like 25 years ago. Fuck... I just realized 9/11 was 24 years ago.
And honesty it might be time watch all these 1st world nations like they aren't quite right.
Unironically... Where's the best place to go if you can get out and only speak english?
in research? English is enough in most countries I think, I have friends here (France) who just start learning french after 10 years living here 😅 they just didn't need it before
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Hey Europe and Canada, anyone still looking for a scientist that just wants to do lab work? I prefer chemistry, but am happy with micro too. Just let me interpret data, please. I'm stuck somewhere where titrations are the most complex process.
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Never played a conquest game where you stop researchers from giving your empire a tech advantage over others.
It's a popular strategy for Fascists.
the Nazis and the OG Fascists did it, and so did the communist Chinese.
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But seemingly most of these numbers are students?
Who do you think does a lot, if not most of the legwork in the lab and becomes the next generation of scientists?
Graduate students provide enormous value for their cost in funding. I’d like to better understand how k-12 students contribute here. Those students make up 88.7k of the reduction. How much do these students contribute and at what cost?
I’m in no way against inspiring the next generation. My question is aimed at correctly interpreting this table. The NSF is a worthwhile expense, but let’s understand the data we have.
I don't even know where to start here. The report is literally linked.
PreK-12 Teachers include teachers at elementary, middle, and secondary schools. These individuals actively participate in intensive professional development experiences in the sciences and mathematics.
PreK-12 Students are those attending elementary, middle, and secondary schools. They are supported through program components that directly engage students in science and mathematics experiences.
This is the foundation building of a national science program and every dollar you spend on this comes back tenfold over time. This is also class warfare, further defending education for the marginalised populations. This also fucks climate education and so, so, so many other things. The value of public outreach, especially for the youth is not only a well studied topic, but also inherently an issue of national security.
I’m not disagreeing. The report isn’t clear. This is written by people asking Congress for a budget cut.
NSF programs indirectly impact millions of people, reaching PreK-12 students and teachers, the general public, and researchers
The actual impact to the pipeline may be far larger.
The chart is on a page discussing this:
My workplace is NSF funded and supports a number of activities designed to increase interest in the discipline among young kids or improve teaching techniques for k-12 teachers. Similarly, we run an REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) program to give undergraduate students exposure to hands on research (and hopefully encourage them to stay in the discipline for graduate school).
A majority of our funding still goes to PhDs doing fundamental research, but the pipeline that feeds academic research begins with children, and research funding priorities aren’t blind to that.
When a mommy scientist and daddy scientist love each other a lot, they pray to Caffeine and Nicotine, the gods of late-night trivial tasks...
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