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China already has nukes. Come to Canada, man.
Fusion, not fission 😅
How long before they’re not allowed to leave?
Given the rampant racism in US, I’m expecting they’ll continue to encourage them to leave actually.
If the choice is having them help your “enemy” or subjecting them to personal trauma, which do you think they’ll choose?
I mean this is why scientists are fleeing the US right now.
Brain drain USA let’s goooo
The brain drain has begun.
What a smart long term move, alienating all the smart people into leaving
Hardly surprising considering the current funding climate and anti-intellectual sentiment of the current American administration. He will probably get an amazing salary and support to work on his project. Canada and Europe should set up something similar, easy visas and citizenship for American scientists and engineers.
Even if there weren’t this overt racism and defunding in US institutions at the moment, China looks like the place to be for applied physics, especially fusion. Three tokamaks in operation right now and another state-of-the-art commissioned and expected to be in operation by 2030 in a country that doesn’t seem to be plagued with the endless delays and skyrocketing budgets that western projects always face.
When the big breakthrough comes, you probably want to be around it.
