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The optimal amount of my tax dollars going into government funded science is zero. Scientists need to earn their money like the rest of the world.
by nerdchum 3y ago
The optimal amount of my tax dollars going into government funded science is zero.
Scientists need to earn their money like the rest of the world.
- tptacek 3y agoI'm sure there's a country you could immigrate to where the political consensus is that no basic research of any sort should happen, but the country we're talking about has the opposite consensus. Put differently: is there an argument you could make here that would be persuasive to someone other than an ancap?
- nerdchum 3y agoI don't think that America has a consensus on this at all. Numerous people I talk to think science should be privatized. And if more people were aware of the corruption that goes on in science the pendulum would quickly swing.
- tptacek 3y agoWhat Tobias said about the NeverNudes applies.
- nerdchum 3y agoReality has a way of asserting itself. https://www.usdebtclock.org/ https://www.usdebtclock.org/
- gilbetron 3y agoAre you implying that private agencies have less corruption than public ones? It's fascinating how jarring that is with my life experience. Before you answer, remember, Stanford is a private institution.
- medvezhenok 3y agoSure. Then please refrain from using anything that was invented/developed from government funding. Including the internet.
- nerdchum 3y agoThat happened to more than 30 years ago, like I said in my original statement. If I refrain from using anything invented and developed from government funding in the last 30 years, what would I have to give up?
- tptacek 3y agoEvery medication developed in the last 30 years, for starters. I mean, you're basically asking for a list of every invention derived from government-funded basic research (also known as "all basic research"). It might make more sense to ask what you could use.