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I think "ordinary" people might be poor judges of good science research. I'm an engineer with a curiosity for many kinds of science, but even I would find it ha
by bfwi 14y ago
I think "ordinary" people might be poor judges of good science research. I'm an engineer with a curiosity for many kinds of science, but even I would find it hard to determine whether a research project is promising and realistic.
The realistic but grounded research projects probably won't be as popular, as the "Put a man on Pluto" sort of projects.
The crowdfunding could easily go to the "wrong" projects.
- obviouslygreen 14y agoWhile I agree with this to a point, it seems to me this empowers people to at least try to contribute. If even one of these projects leads to something useful, and a few others make people feel like they've helped out by putting their money towards something more useful than cable TV or McDonald's, that seems like an improvement.