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Credible Catastrophe Caution

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I Find MIT a Credible Source Especially About Science ...and you?  The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled Ever since World War II, the US has been the global leader in science and technology—and benefited immensely from it. Research fuels American innovation and the economy in turn. Scientists around the world want to study in the US and collaborate with American scientists to produce more of that research.  These international collaborations play a critical role in American soft power and diplomacy. The pr...

Uh Oh

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  All Three Agree I keep three of the free AI chatbots on my desktop. If I have an important question I ask all three, using the same prompt. This time I indulged my low level anxiety about what's going on in Trumpville. I prompted: "What is the best historical situation in which a country goes through the kind of political conditions the U.S. is currently experiencing?" Lo and behold... CoPilot:    The Weimar Republic period in Germany (1918-1933) is a significant historical example that shares similarities with the current political conditions in the U.S. Gemini:   Several historical situations share similarities with the current political climate in the U.S., but one particularly apt example is the Weimar Republic in Germany (1918-1933) . Claude.ai:   The Weimar Republic period in Germany (1918-1933) offers several relevant parallels. Each one elaborated, gave other cases and asked me if I wanted more.  Ask them yourself for the expanded versions, but ...