Ha! I am in cancer research and am trying to get into this wacky social-network-hoo-hah business. -I guess I am going to hell. :) Funny thing is, what you are

Ha! I am in cancer research and am trying to get into this wacky social-network-hoo-hah business. -I guess I am going to hell. :) Funny thing is, what you are saying has a lot of truth to it. Funding for basic research is low, very competitive, and thus, dominated by nepotism and politics within the scientific community. Although politicians love to say that we need more scientists, as a scientist, I disagree. Until we decide to better fund the scientists we have, please please, no more! But yes, economic forces, as it were...