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The administration's assault on science feels eerily Soviet (grist.org)

submitted 6 months ago by rssbot@lemmy.bestiver.se to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se

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[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

yes, obviously the people that figured the lowest bar of entry for university should be engineers hated anything scientific

[–] FromPieces@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wait, what is that? The Soviets made it... more popular to get STEM degrees, is that what that means?

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 9 points 6 months ago

The lowest bar of entry for a soviet university degree was engineer, because you need a lot of those. the highest bar of entry for a soviet university was something like actor, pianist or trumpet player, because you don't need a lot of those for your national project.

It's why former soviet states have women in stem numbers that windmill-slamdunk on every western nation. We need some railway engineers and I don't care about your bits, get planning.