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> I think it benefits society to fund academic research. see how you mentally group all these things under one umbrella. No I don’t think sociology research is
by grandempire 2y ago
> I think it benefits society to fund academic research.
see how you mentally group all these things under one umbrella. No I don’t think sociology research is on the same standing as physics research and I also don’t think all physics research is equal.
Based on the reports coming from Doge I think there are a lot of bad studies funded in the name of science or academic research.
- fnordian_slip 2y ago> Based on the reports coming from Doge Is this supposed to be a humorous comment, or are you seriously using the reports coming from doge in an argument, as if they were honest reports? I realise that this comment might come off as antagonistic, and I apologise. But since I guffawed when I read it, as I interpreted it as the former, I'm now curious to find out if I'm correct.
- grandempire 2y agoAll the reports are fake? These projects weren’t actually being funded? I have grad school friends who lost funding. Was that fake?
- fnordian_slip 2y agoYou misunderstood me, I think. I'm not calling doges actions fake, but the reports about how much money they saved. And I call into question the pretense that the projects they defunded were all complete wastes of money, as the head of that department is known to be a habitual liar.
- grandempire 2y agoOk, and I didn’t say any of that. Regardless of money saved the content of the material is a sampling of the kind of research we are funding - grouped under well intentioned labels like “science” or “academic research”.
- surgical_fire 2y ago> Based on the reports coming from Doge Ah nevermind. You are one of those people.