David Ho1d ago

I will say this again: Science isn’t just something that nerds do, it’s the foundation of the modern world.

It’s why this app exists. It’s why child mortality rate isn’t 50% anymore. It’s how we’re able to launch people to the moon. It’s how we’re able to grow food that feeds half the world’s population.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01105-7

Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration

Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.

Show threadNew Age
@davidho
Honestly, I think the U.S. right now has vastly bigger problems to deal with than science funding cuts.
Apr 4 at 4:16amWeb
Show threadMx Verda19h ago
@sunscream @davidho this feels myopic
Show threadNew Age13h ago
@MxVerda
Science is an orthogonal human endeavour to creating an open, inclusive society that can resolve conflicts without violence. Totalitarian governments have shown they are perfectly capable of making scientific and technological progress. Right now we are in a crisis of reverting to a barbaric form of government. It's a question of what our priorities as citizens should be. Science is not going to die. Let others preserve it and make progress for awhile.