Comments by "Ynhockey" (@Ynhockey) on "Why the US Has the World’s Best Universities" video.

There is another factor you didn't mention. I understand why it might be uncomfortable, but it's a very important factor: in WWII and the decade before it, Europe threatened and eventually killed off its Jewish population. Around the same time, US universities were repealing overtly antisemitic policies and accepting more Jews. It's not a coincidence that the three scientists mentioned in this video – Einstein, Bohr and Oppenheimer – were all Jewish. This is a nation that has disproportionally produced top scientists. Unfortunately for the US, this factor may be waning in the near future, as antisemitism has again reached fever pitch. It's likely that less antisemitic universities in the US, plus Israeli universities, are going to benefit the most.
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