> the tools of science are cheap More accessible, but not always cheap. Still a lot of expensive equipment involved in particle physics, nanotechnology, astro

> the tools of science are cheap More accessible, but not always cheap. Still a lot of expensive equipment involved in particle physics, nanotechnology, astronomy, etc. Training large AI models is still expensive and requires tons of data. And medical research still requires expensive clinical trials. And of course if you're not getting paid to do science then you probably need income from somewhere else.