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Who decides what’s important or useful?
by SlightlyLeftPad 2y ago
Who decides what’s important or useful?
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoPoliticians should not decide what is scientifically useful. Scientists should (and even then, the process is fraught with problems).
- nis0s 2y agoWhoever is paying for it, usually. Ideally, the existing body of knowledge helps find the next set of questions which need to be investigated. If your funding source doesn’t like your current set of questions, you reframe them or find a new set of questions. That’s why it’s important to have funding sources of all types, so different types of research topics get funded.