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I think that the government would be better served to spend money researching fundamental science, that seems to me to be the great shortfall of industry. Inte
by Godel_unicode 11y ago
I think that the government would be better served to spend money researching fundamental science, that seems to me to be the great shortfall of industry.
Intel, Westinghouse, biotech in general, and Dow do a pretty good job on the applied piece IMHO.
- vph 11y ago>Intel, Westinghouse, biotech in general, and Dow do a pretty good job on the applied piece IMHO. Private companies are in a great position to do applied research, but they are often slow or unwilling to distribute the research results for the benefit of everyone.
- Godel_unicode 11y agoThey actually do a good job of that as well, it's just that they do it in the form of patents which means that you have to pay to benefit from their work.