<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 31 Oct 2026 at 18:04, John Clark via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.<br>How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine<br>The system that has driven life-altering discoveries and helped make the United States a superpower is now under intense strain.<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/climate/how-trump-is-dismantling-americas-scientific-research-machine.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M1E.PxMq.Jejjq7QVI4CX&smid=em-share" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/climate/how-trump-is-dismantling-americas-scientific-research-machine.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M1E.PxMq.Jejjq7QVI4CX&smid=em-share</a></div>
_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="gmail_default">Won't AI  be doing all the scientific research soon? </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="gmail_default">BillK</div></div></div>