Maybe he's stretching the truth a bit to make a point, but his point is a very good one. Look at fusion research: can we say even now which of tokamaks, laser

Maybe he's stretching the truth a bit to make a point, but his point is a very good one. Look at fusion research: can we say even now which of tokamaks, laser inertial confinement, Focus, Polywell, magnetized target fusion, sonofusion, and even cold fusion is likeliest to produce results? I know lots of people have opinions, but the fact is, we don't know. And yet look at the funding profile: we've placed a huge bet on ITER, a smaller one on NIH, and by comparison, practically nothing on any of the others. This is not the right way to do basic research -- particularly not when it's this important.