> more PhD scientists, researchers and engineers than a dozen Earths can afford to fund From a brutal evolutionary standpoint it doesn't matter how many we fun

> more PhD scientists, researchers and engineers than a dozen Earths can afford to fund From a brutal evolutionary standpoint it doesn't matter how many we fund, what matters is whether the competitive environment produces enough winners to solve the mess we're in. Totally valid to question whether the current environment is optimal even on those limited terms, though, before we even get started on the ethics of inequality.