Comment by sallveburrpi
2 days ago
For sure and it’s not even clear if there will be be a lot of long term damage. The next admin might roll all of it back and then some.
It doesn’t seem extremely likely at the moment but I also don’t think it’s super unlikely.
These things tends to do decades of harm in science, the USA isn't the first to do stupid things to its academia, even if the next administration tries to repair. Stuff, relations and people will be gone.