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Why can't we just fund scientists to acheive these goals? Funding has been lacklustre for years.
by jszymborski 2y ago
Why can't we just fund scientists to acheive these goals? Funding has been lacklustre for years.
- chuckadams 2y agoBecause the marketplace is more efficient at directing the funding. I’m not a cheerleader for capitalism either, but it does work better sometimes.
- ikiris 2y agoIf by more efficient, you mean more efficiently switching to stock buybacks to pad owner pockets outside of tax consequences.
- typon 2y agoBasically ALL the important inventions and scientific discoveries have been made at publicly funded universities.
- chuckadams 2y agoNote the title of the article. Now look up where the transistor was invented. And the laser. And photovoltaic cells. I like public research too, I think there should be a hell of a lot more of it. It just isn't the only viable player.