[eig]

The parent commenter is not speaking about science as a whole, they are speaking about US dominance in science.

You state that "hiccup won't stop or even slow down science in the US. All it will do is take government out of the equation." I disagree and I would suspect most scientists reading that statement would also disagree. I too have seen many bright people turning away from the US because of this. I am personally certain that these policies will significantly slow down science in the US.

After all, when David Hilbert was asked in 1934 "How is mathematics at Göttingen, now that it is free from the Jewish influence?", he replied “There is no mathematics in Göttingen, anymore”.

[mlinhares]

Germany could have invented the atomic bomb and decimated the world if it wasn't for the Nazi stupidity.

[anigbrowl]

That they didn't is not only because of German antipathy to origin of some of the ideas. Despite official condemnation, the Germans remained interested in the technology. One of the lesser-known allied successes in the war was a series of commando actions on a Norwegian power plant which was the largest producer of heavy water in the world at the time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_heavy_water_sabotage