Good for them.
I'm a scientist, but I'm not about that whole confrontational competitive nation-states super-power nonsense. If the US doesn't care about science, that sucks for me, but I'm happy to see the work get done and the world made a better place.
and the world made a better place.
Cue the Anakin-in-a-field-with-Padme meme.
Does the US even want to be a scientific superpower?
Yes. But putins side piece does not.
That’s what happens when you vote for a stable genius. No sympathy.
Nah, the stable genius is just the latest symptom of the systemic rot. It's been happarning for a long time:
It also helps that China is run by engineers and murica is run by lawyers (and clowns)
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