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This is only partly true. MRI technology came out of people hunting for aliens in space. The path science and discovery take are rarely as linear as the funders
by tpoacher 1y ago
This is only partly true. MRI technology came out of people hunting for aliens in space. The path science and discovery take are rarely as linear as the funders would like them to be.
- noir_lord 1y agoIndeed, not to mention the fundamental science you do now may be a product later and sometimes 50 years later. Transistor was 1947 but a lot of the basic science was from 1890's - 1920's. Still transistors right - what did they ever do for us? (apologies to the monty python team)
- zkmon 1y agoThere are always edge cases. But the bulk follows the gravity flow. Even poetry, these days, should find a buyer.
- auggierose 1y agoSometimes edge cases is all there is.
- n4r9 1y agoIf you've ever wondered why progress in fundamental physics seems to have slowed down; look no further!
- missingdays 1y ago> Even poetry, these days, should find a buyer. Why?
- philipwhiuk 1y agoThere's a groupthink that financialization of everything is good.
- nosianu 1y agoMaybe you are wrong about what is the cause, what is the effect? You describe how we fund most research, so of course this is what we get.