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I don't doubt that a lot of people are considering leaving, but perhaps someone could tell Nature how to write survey questions

Saloni

@scientificdiscovery.dev

I think the prospect of brain drain is real and very sad. It would be helpful for people at non US institutions to have a better sense of how many might leave; good polling data is valuable. It's also wasting the time of participants to ask them leading questions that are not informative.

30/3/25, 9:20 pm1 repost50 likes

Saloni

@scientificdiscovery.dev

31 Mar 2025

As an example, "no" here could just mean "No I'm not a US researcher." There aren't any other options (apart from yes and no) and this is the first question in the survey.

Irene Pasquetto

@irenepasquetto.bsky.social

31 Mar 2025

Not to mention the use of "considering" - pretty much every academic I know is dreaming about leaving the US but most likely will not move out as it is not feasible for most people. Does that count as considering?