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> I don't see the private sector funding ethnomusicology, philosophy, ecology, social history, ... sseagull mentioned NSF, NIH and DOE. None of those funds et
by InefficientRed 4y ago
> I don't see the private sector funding ethnomusicology, philosophy, ecology, social history, ...
sseagull mentioned NSF, NIH and DOE. None of those funds ethnomusicology, philosophy, or social history.
- sseagull 4y agoYou left out ecology (again, which wouldn't be funded by business and I would consider important for society). The NSF also gets somewhat close to the others via Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, which includes anthropology/archaeology and linguistics.
- InefficientRed 4y agoI am highly suspicious of the need for post-doctoral training in philosophy, ecology, or social history and even more skeptical of the ethics of using tax payer's money to fund those positions. Ecology is a probably a field where the world would be better off if we re-appropriated post-doc funding to USFS and hired people with bs or even no degrees to do important work on the ground.