>What's the purpose of scientific funding: to progress science or to make money? What's the purpose of scientific progress if the people can't share in the ben

>What's the purpose of scientific funding: to progress science or to make money? What's the purpose of scientific progress if the people can't share in the benefits? >but a corporation came in with deep pockets Deep pockets partially because they domicile in tax-havens, and re-contribute the bare-minimum back to the source of the foundational science, forcing that foundational science funding onto the backs of the people, via trillions in student loans. How is this "optimal"? Do you think we wouldn't be able to search the web without Google?