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I've never seen anyone accept an obvious offer like that, I'd be surprised if many do, as it would be the end of your career. On the other hand, someone can of
by CJefferson 6y ago
I've never seen anyone accept an obvious offer like that, I'd be surprised if many do, as it would be the end of your career.
On the other hand, someone can offer research funding every year and people can notice they happen to fund people who, in previous years, found results they were happy with. No-one ever has to publicly say anything.
- johnhenry 6y ago*Or the beginning of your career...
- Frost1x 6y agoA group I worked with used to get a lot of work in the fossil fuel industry. We mainly worked on safety training applications for workers in industry so it didn't bother me. What I can say is that there was an unspoken pressure to avoid lines of research we suspected may result in outcomes the industry sponsoring us may not be too happy about. So ultimately, outside of some safety applications, we had a huge selection bias in research we would accept so as not to upset the gravy train of funding that kept pouring in.