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This is why we need more funding for biomedical research. Some proportion of those additional funds need to be distributed on a consistent basis to long-shot or
by jyounker 4y ago
This is why we need more funding for biomedical research. Some proportion of those additional funds need to be distributed on a consistent basis to long-shot or unexplored hypothesis research.
The issue is that politicians have for decades described this sort of research as "government waste".
- derbOac 4y agoI think we need a restructuring of the process by which funds are allocated, not necessarily more money (although I'm not opposed to that). My sense is that politicians don't really understand much of the problems affecting research. They hear researchers complain about NIH funding obvious studies, and don't realize that what the researchers mean is "obvious to an expert in any remotely related area", not "obvious to a person with no understanding of the subject matter." Then they pull in experts, and end up with hyper-credentialed persons who have benefited from the very process that needs reform. It's sort of a vicious circle.