OK, you make a fair point. :) The difference between one-vote-per-person and a vote proportional to the amount of money you are willing to risk, is a significa

OK, you make a fair point. :) The difference between one-vote-per-person and a vote proportional to the amount of money you are willing to risk, is a significant one. So I suppose Thinkable is halfway between the plutocratic and democratic approaches? As an aside (tangent to your comment about the rest getting nothing), I don't know what Thinkable does if a campaign doesn't reach its funding target: Whether the money is restored to the sponsors or the researchers simply have to work on a smaller budget (maybe once a minimal funding threshold is passed).