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The government does a ton of pure research, including in computer science and security, which is explicitly not about ROI but rather about advancing our underst
by Godel_unicode 4y ago
The government does a ton of pure research, including in computer science and security, which is explicitly not about ROI but rather about advancing our understanding of basic science.
- lazide 4y agoWhich always has a grant proposal laying out hoped for results in areas being investigated, at least most of the time correct? Someone looks at it and goes ‘yeah, that might pay off’ or round files it somewhere. Researchers who never end up finding anything notable also don’t tend to have long careers, correct?
- Godel_unicode 4y agoNone of that is what I’m talking about, no. I know many researchers who are quite proud of the fact that their research is never going to make money but is super interesting from a scientific perspective. The crazy amount of skepticism this always draws is simultaneously very funny and very saddening.
- lazide 4y agoThat a percentage of total funds is put into stuff like that isn't surprising, to avoid too much hyperfocus on what we know. What percentage of the overall budget do you think it is?