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Can some kinds of projects be conducted better with government support? Yes. Should almost all scientific research depend on the same support? Probably not. Pro
by zeteo 13y ago
Can some kinds of projects be conducted better with government support? Yes. Should almost all scientific research depend on the same support? Probably not. Projects that are not due to realize either great profits or publicity coups within a politician's expected term of office will find government a very fickle and small-minded master.
- leot 13y agoSome governments, certainly, are fickle and small-minded. Others decidedly less so. The Harper government, e.g., has chosen a chiropractor as its science and technology minister.
- dnautics 13y agoI can attest to this. Over the last two years, my project support has whiplashed from "being the dark stepchild within the DOE (and hated by Steven Chu)", to after solyndra, "pitched in front of huge crowds by Steven Chu", to after his resignation "unlikely to be renewed next year".