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Maybe in part, but that ignores the fact demand for academia has gone down what with all the cuts to science and education. As a society, we value research and
by homulilly 11y ago
Maybe in part, but that ignores the fact demand for academia has gone down what with all the cuts to science and education.
As a society, we value research and knowledge less and less.
- T-A 11y agohttp://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/Agencies_4.jpg http://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/Agencies_4.jpg
- eli_gottlieb 11y agoRight, now measure on a per-capita basis or on the basis of percentage of GDP. At least it's adjusted for bloody inflation.
- T-A 11y agoSo more dollars are cuts if population or GDP grows faster? Does the same principle apply to other quantities too? Let's try a fun one: atmospheric CO2 concentration. From 1980 to 2012, it grew roughly 17% [1]. During the same period, world population grew 57% [2], and gross world product grew 144% [3]. So atmospheric CO2 has been drastically cut? :P [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_in_Earth%27s_atmosphere#/media/File:AIRS_Carbon_Dioxide_Vertical.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_in_Earth%27s_at... [2] http://www.geohive.com/earth/his_history3.aspx http://www.geohive.com/earth/his_history3.aspx [3] http://kushnirs.org/macroeconomics/gdp/gdp_world.html http://kushnirs.org/macroeconomics/gdp/gdp_world.html