• tristynalxander@mander.xyz
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    9 hours ago

    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.

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      9 hours ago

      and the world made a better place.

      Cue the Anakin-in-a-field-with-Padme meme.

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      10 hours ago

      Nah, the stable genius is just the latest symptom of the systemic rot. It’s been happarning for a long time:

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    9 hours ago

    It also helps that China is run by engineers and murica is run by lawyers (and clowns)