[gumby]

>It's always been an international community.

>People in pretty much every country are doing some pretty amazing stuff. A lot of it you won't hear about if you limit yourself

I agree, and this is why I am unworried about the recent moves to cut government research funding in the US. There are plenty of other countries with great research institutions.

Look what happened when Bush pushed out most of the stem cell research -- research moved to Singapore and China. But the world still benefited, just not US companies.