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Money is not the only resource. Scientist time is another resource, and probably a lot more important when it comes to Physics. Any private venture such as this
by abdullahkhalids 5y ago
Money is not the only resource. Scientist time is another resource, and probably a lot more important when it comes to Physics. Any private venture such as this necessarily (a) takes up scientist time, (b) provides training to scientists that can be applied to other problems later on, (c) as a second order effect, molds the public's perception of science in a certain way.
(a), (b) or (c) could individually be positive or negative to society. And their net could be positive or negative.
I don't know what these values are for Wolfram's work, but we can definitely make this sort of nuanced analysis.
- nlitened 5y agoThere’s no such thing as a limited supply of scientists, whose precious time is to be carefully allocated. For all I know, Wolfram might be creating new scientists from people who otherwise might not choose to pursue corrupt academia route.