> the main source of funding for universities are governments Further off-topic, but extremely important: was a way ever found to avoid that pitfall, of intell

> the main source of funding for universities are governments Further off-topic, but extremely important: was a way ever found to avoid that pitfall, of intellectual production being bound by financial contributions? Freelance intellectuals living on other means (e.g. book sales) may be only somehow less constrained. Aware of the issue of biased sources, you will have faced the problem: do you also have keys to get to unbiased sources?