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There are plenty of billionaires rich enough to support scientists for their whole careers, and certainly much more than in the past. So to make your point, yo
by jessriedel 10y ago
There are plenty of billionaires rich enough to support scientists for their whole careers, and certainly much more than in the past. So to make your point, you have have to argue that some sort of cultural/status effect is keeping unconventional scientists from just taking billionaire money, or disincentivizing them from giving it away.
- lukasm 10y agoIsn't the existing system of grants disincentivizing billionaires from giving the money away? "My taxes goes to X institution" "I donated to Y institution"
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- internaut 10y agoI'd go with your second choice. We have not run out of clever people. Plenty of billionaires but not plenty of aristocrats. How many wealthy people are like the Koch brothers? Not that many. Most of them are concerned with status only.