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Another "Well DUH!" moment in scientific research. I wonder who's grant money got pissed away to report the obvious.
by pdex 11y ago
Another "Well DUH!" moment in scientific research. I wonder who's grant money got pissed away to report the obvious.
- collyw 11y agoSomeone should really compile a list of the shittiest research taht got funded. There is some real nonsense out there that gets funded.
- pdex 11y agoThis is just some random google results on wasteful research money sinks, the duck penis research is just asking for the facepalm: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/mar/22/tweets/federal-government-funding-study-duck-penises/ http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/mar/... http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/30-stupid-things-the-governemnt-is-spending-money-on http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/30-stupid-things-t... http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/05/02/the-10-dumbest-ways-the-government-wastes-taxpaye.aspx http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/05/02/the-10-dumb... http://nypost.com/2013/12/17/duck-penis-studies-lifecoaches-for-senate-staff-30b-in-government-spending-questioned/ http://nypost.com/2013/12/17/duck-penis-studies-lifecoaches-... There's LOTS more, although some of the links seem to come from political sites, dumb spending deserves to be ridiculed and I don't care who calls it out.