5 ms·
Most research that is pointed towards important things does get funding from NIH. Most research fails. NIH has a bucket of money for every major issue facing th
by arrty88 2y ago
Most research that is pointed towards important things does get funding from NIH. Most research fails. NIH has a bucket of money for every major issue facing the population. Just takes a few PhD's and a hypothesis to write a proposal.
- sircastor 2y ago> Most research fails So long as the research has a conclusion, it's not a failure. We learned something. There may be something to be said for whether or not the research is a worthy topic, but that's a different conversation.
- snailmailstare 2y agoWithout some research the current President would probably not be healthy enough to be in office, clearly we have to reduce the risk of that happening again.
- ck2 2y agoScientists and their work is not "fungible" There is going to be AT LEAST a whole generation of loss of progress at this point. Everything is going to slowly crawl to a stop and it's not an accident but by design, it's right out of Project2025 https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-ban-renewing-senior-scientists-adds-assaults-its-house-research https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-ban-renewing-sen...
- klysm 2y agoNegative results are not a failure - this perception is one of the biggest problems with academia
- lolive 2y agoFailure in big companies is very common too. They lead to reorganisation, retries and new ways of working. Why is it accepted in the private sector, but not in the public sector?
- klysm 2y agoI’m saying it’s not even a failure - negative results are still desirable outcomes of the scientific process.