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I haven't seen such an attitude, either. Not stated so explicitly, anyway. What is more common is the attitude that, for example, we should put off manned spa
by winestock 15y ago
I haven't seen such an attitude, either. Not stated so explicitly, anyway.
What is more common is the attitude that, for example, we should put off manned space exploration "until we solve all of our problems here on Earth." I have personally witnessed this attitude in high school cheerleaders and DC lawyers.
- flatline 15y agoI rather thought that this is exactly the attitude he was parodying - calls to defund seemingly frivolous research, things that have no immediately obvious applicability to the general public such as the space program, etc.
- mkr-hn 15y agoLike when Sarah Palin decried fruit fly research in a portion of a speech where she was talking about the need to fund autism research.