Epstein funded his pet research areas, yes. But all sources of funding including government grants do the same, one way or another Some grant-making-organizati

Epstein funded his pet research areas, yes. But all sources of funding including government grants do the same, one way or another Some grant-making-organization and state and private foundations now may have degenerated to the point that they are nothing but schemes for financing someone's pet ideas. But I will claim that at their best, they are better than that. It seems like it's fashionable to dump on bureaucracies making decisions based on ostensibly objective criteria and assume that their decisions are no better than the pet of ideas of utterly vile people. But I'll stand against fashion and claim that isn't true.