答记者问：如果美国科学家确实75%希望离开美国
饶议科学约 2 分钟早上起来，一个大群里面有记者贴出《自然》杂志统计：回复其意见调查的美国科学家中75%希望离开美国，去欧洲和加拿大。
记者开玩笑：北大饶毅，你的时机到了，可能先募集好十亿美元。
意思明显是我可以“乘机”去挖美国科学家来中国。
我的回复：
我不愿意看到这样的“我的时机”。这对美国科学家是灾难、这对科学是坏事、这对世界是悲剧。
科学从来都是“世界共事、世界共主、世界共享”。
第一次世界大战期间，萧伯纳呼吁双方停止屠杀对方未来的科学家和艺术家，因为他们是人类的宝藏。
第二次世界大战期间，英国和美国科学家试图帮助德国的科学家，并非为了自己国家得益，而是为了保存更多科学家。
如果，美国科学家确实面临迫害或其他灾难，当然我和很多中国科学家会尽最大的可能，努力参与改善他们的境况，包括给他们找工作、提供庇护所。
单这既不令人自豪、也非民族主义，更不是居高临下，而是在悲哀的时刻做正确的事。
I do not wish “my time” such as this. It is tragic for American scientists, it is bad for science, it is sad for the world.
Science has always been “by the world, of the world, for the world”.
In WWI, George Bernard Shaw called for both sides to stop killing future scientists and artists on the other side.
In WWII, British and American scientists tried to rescue scientists from the other side, not because they wanted to benefit their countries, but for helping to preserve more scientists.
If, God forbids, American scientists do face eminent persecution or other disasters, of course I (and many scientists in China and Europe) will try our best to reach out and chip in our efforts to improve their situation including offering them jobs and safe haven.
But it is nothing proud, nationalistic, or condescending. It is doing the right thing in sad times.