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It gets murky when the positions are subsidized by the government or otherwise.
by fallentimes 18y ago
It gets murky when the positions are subsidized by the government or otherwise.
- jorgeortiz85 18y agoScientific knowledge is a public good. That's exactly the kind of thing government should be subsidizing.
- fallentimes 18y agoThat's a strawman argument. Not all the subsidized positions have to do with science anyways.
- netcan 18y agoNot sure it's a straw man argument, but your right. Many academic areas produce mostly papers & graduates. The Graduates pay to be produced.
- fallentimes 18y agoI think it is. No one said anything for or against scientific knowledge then all of a sudden WHOOSH.
- netcan 18y agoi don't think going WHOOSH as he hit send qualifies it argument as a straw man. Irrelevant at worst. Tangent at best. What if he had just decided to call you an old bag. Would that be a strawman? It's not implying that you presented not being a bag as an argument.
- fallentimes 18y agoHaha, that'd just be hilarious.