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The world is about people selling crap they don't need to each other. If you can be honest with yourself enough to accept that, you realize there is no place fo
by untilHellbanned 10y ago
The world is about people selling crap they don't need to each other. If you can be honest with yourself enough to accept that, you realize there is no place for learning in this worldview.
Getting money today (GMT) is all that matters, so until the govt finds a way to take everyone's not hard-earned money and redirect it toward more noble pursuits, I'm confident the trend will worsen.
- smaddox 10y agoDon't worry, I'm sure Trump has a solution in mind.
- tostitos1979 10y agoThis seems to be a sarcastic off-shoot of the discussion but I gave u an upvote. Your point is completely valid ... a stable research environment needs government funding. I think this might be a US statistic but I recall reading that we spend more on any one of the top 3 sports than we spend on all forms of cancer research. This should be a no-brainer but it isn't. There was an ACM Communications article a few years ago by Moshe Verde where he pointed out that computation has radically altered both theory and experimentation - the two pillars of science. As a professional scientist, I firmly believe we are at the precipice of great discoveries that will benefit all of humanity - except we are squandering time, and the resources of the planet on stupid bickering.
- untilHellbanned 10y agoThanks. Somebody appreciated my point. The world is consumed by trivia. People with influence and money, who sadly are the often the ones most consumed with trivia, need to die, undergo brain transplants, or some other miracle in order to change the direction we are headed.