"The Trumpist attack on knowledge threatens not just accumulated knowledge, but also the ability to collect such knowledge in the future. ... This purge will dramatically impair the ability to solve problems, prevent disease, design policy, inform the public, and make technological advancements. Like the catastrophic loss of knowledge in Western Europe that followed the fall of Rome, it is a self-inflicted calamity."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/trump-defund-schools-research-republicans/682742/
Dr. John Barentine FRAS
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