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Basic research never makes a good case for being a profit center.
by rhizome 9y ago
Basic research never makes a good case for being a profit center.
- kevhito 9y agoBeing charitable, I think the parent wasn't saying it should be. But even in some fantasy ideal-government world, the budget is finite and zero-sum. By giving money to some fishing expedition with no clear expectation of any result, we are taking it from some other use.