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Perhaps it's the fact that I'm inexorably falling deeper into academia every year, but government research is definitely NOT a waste from my perspective. Some
by exergy 10y ago
Perhaps it's the fact that I'm inexorably falling deeper into academia every year, but government research is definitely NOT a waste from my perspective.
Some of the best PhD students, working on some of the most interesting projects in my experience all had DOE or EPA grant projects. I think this sort of research deserves a lot more money since, in my (biased) opinion, it pushes humanity forward through public access of research in the form of publications, theses, and the strict requirements that data be preserved for future reference.
- a_imho 10y agoI think it is meant as not cost effective, as governments are usually very wasteful in redistributing resources.
- eli_gottlieb 10y agoWasteful compared to what? I mean, what does your normative budget look like for an R&D project?
- flukus 10y agoI took it to mean that it would be targeted by people/media/politicians when they are trying to find ways to tighten their budgetary belts.