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How about directing funding toward creationism, or alternative views of the causes of climate change (i.e., non-human ones), or the benefits of authoritarianism
by hackuser 9y ago
How about directing funding toward creationism, or alternative views of the causes of climate change (i.e., non-human ones), or the benefits of authoritarianism? How about when the Koch brothers fund research into the benefits of their brand of libertarianism?
Anything can be used politically.
- blackguardx 9y agoFunding research is different than funding a specific result. The latter is definitely political.
- LanceH 9y agoThe fact that there were votes to take someone's money away and give it to someone else makes it political no matter what it is spent on.
- hackuser 9y agoThat description is a misconception, IMHO. First, it's an investment; it's not taking away money; it's not robbery. It has a return, a benefit that generally exceeds the cost (I'm not sure how much I paid to fly Cassini to Saturn, but wow was it worth it). People make investments all the time and are happy to do it, in everything from houses to the local homeless shelter to a new computer. Second, people normally and frequently participate in group decisions, even though they rarely get exactly what they want. To suggest that anything besides an individual choosing alone is extraordinary - that isn't how people really operate.