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1/ Why would a scientist spend a lifetime studying processes that never end? In this InterDialogue excerpt, Japanese complex systems scientist Hiroki Sayama traces his career-long question, inspired by Carl Sagan's Cosmos: "what is that kind of process that never ends."
4/ Watch the full InterDialogue with @hirokisayama, director of @BinghamtonCoCo at @binghamtonu: theinterplex.org/interdialog…
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5/ Sayama is vice president of the Network Science Society (@netscisociety), vice chair of an @ieeecis task force on artificial life and a former vice president of the ALife society. He trained at @UTokyo_News_en and co-organized the definition-of-life workshop at @ALifeConf.
1/ What happens when a country stops valuing science?
Brazil has been living the answer. In this updated republished article, originally published by Undark in December 2022
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7/ Rasolt concludes: “Whether Brazil, the U.S. or any other country defunds, attacks, or ignores science, devaluing research and innovation is detrimental to the long-term well-being of any modern society, as well as for the interconnected global community.”
8/ The updated article features Luiz Davidovich, Marcelo Knobel, @ricardogalvaosp, Paulo Artaxo, and Carlos Nobre, along with their affiliated institutions that promote evidence-based policy and sustainable development:
Read the full article: buff.ly/u4yZuBd
1/ “It’s very difficult and time consuming to grow a system, but it’s very easy to destroy it,” says Brazilian physicist Marcelo Knobel, in reference to Brazil’s robust scientific research and higher education ecosystem.
10/ Asked about colleagues in the United States, Knobel says many researchers there are concerned and some are considering leaving die to disinvestment in science.
11/ He acknowledges how hard it is to move, but, drawing on his own family’s experience, adds that the consequences can be unexpected and even positive. Learn more in the full InterDialogue: buff.ly/h93f1kL
