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University of California sets world record with five Nobel Prizes in one week
- darth_avocado 11mo ago3 of them were not born in the United States and one was born to an immigrant escaping Yugoslavia. A good reminder that the country attracts a lot of people because its great and the people in turn continue to contribute towards its greatness.
- sema4hacker 11mo agoAnd the California climate attracts people to California schools.
- iancmceachern 11mo agoIt's more than the climate, it's the culture and ecosystem of innovation and creative expression
- FirmwareBurner 11mo ago[flagged]
- unmole 11mo ago> Most people including US natives, would rather choose to be somewhere nicer like Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, etc The US is far more welcoming to immigrants than any of those places.
- rkomorn 11mo agoAs someone who immigrated to the US, I'm not sure how one quantifies "far more", and I'm even less sure it's true.
- FirmwareBurner 11mo ago>The US is far more welcoming to immigrants than any of those places. So the country that brought you "No dogs, no blacks, no Irish" and has the strictest work visa process in the world, then kicks you out the moment you loose your job or ICE needs to fulfill their quota, calls itself "far more welcoming to immigrants"? But yes, I agree to the spirit of your comment that foreigners have an easier time integrating into the US, which happens because unlike European or Asian countries, the US is run less like a homogenous nation of people sharing the same ethnicity, religion, culture and values, and more like an economic zone where everyone, barring the indigenous Indian tribes, is a foreigner and has no obligations of conforming to any social norms or values and is free to pursue individualism and making money, which has the upshot of making the US incredibly wealthy, but also the downside of being more socially divided and unsafe.
- iancmceachern 11mo agoYes, the current leadership doesn't represent the views of the majority of Americans. I'm truly sad and sorry about it.
- iancmceachern 11mo agoFrance is extremely difficult to immigrate to. It serves to make our point not yours.
- FirmwareBurner 11mo agoWhy is France full of millions of immigrants?
- iancmceachern 11mo agoBecause they are looking for a better life for themselves and their families
- more_corn 11mo ago*Was
- iancmceachern 11mo agoDo you live here? Have you for a decade or more? Once you do, I'm sure you'll understand
- curseofcasandra 11mo ago[flagged]
- benzible 11mo agohttps://archive.is/y2VPb https://archive.is/y2VPb
- burnt-resistor 11mo agoAnd also rewarded a neoliberal American imperialist stooge trying to overthrow a democratically-elected government. They might as well have given it to Juan Guaidó. The so-called "peace" prize is awarded by Norwegians who pick recipients by almost arbitrary methods and have a history of regularly giving it to some of the most murderous tyrants.