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I think the question is bit biased. I think we should ask first if the idea of the fund itself is a good idea.
by hartator 11y ago
I think the question is bit biased. I think we should ask first if the idea of the fund itself is a good idea.
- rhizome 11y agoYou might refer to the long-standing grant systems at DOE, NEA, SBA, and so on.
- brownbat 11y ago> I think the question is bit biased. I think we should ask first if the idea of the fund itself is a good idea. That's literally the first issue the article discusses in detail. It's in bright red lettering in bold font.
- drjesusphd 11y agoSince the times of Newton, science has always been funded by governments. Funding agencies are as much part of the real-world scientific process as The Hypothesis.
- WalterBright 11y agoNot exclusively. Einstein wasn't.
- drjesusphd 11y agoHe was a government employee in 1905 when he published special relativity, Brownian motion, and the photoelectric effect. This work was done while he was a student studying under a government-funded scientist. He was a full professor by the time he released general relativity.
- WalterBright 11y agoHe was a patent examiner. Not a government funded researcher.