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I am not familiar with UK’s debt situation and am not disputing that they may need to balance the budget. But I don’t think the 0.08% line item for scientific
by brokencode 1y ago
I am not familiar with UK’s debt situation and am not disputing that they may need to balance the budget.
But I don’t think the 0.08% line item for scientific research is where I’d start.
Science is already deeply underfunded despite a disproportionately large impact on society in my opinion.
- v5v3 1y agoIt's not 0.08% in isolation, A further £20 billion a year was announced recently. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-backs-uk-rd-with-record-204-billion-investment-at-autumn-budget https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-backs-uk-rd-wi...
- brokencode 1y agoAll I can say is that it’s really sad how politicized science has become. Oil company propaganda has really done a number on some people.