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What is wrong with researchers getting money directly from the people that are interested in this thing? You'd rather the government act as a mediary and psych
by zo1 12y ago
What is wrong with researchers getting money directly from the people that are interested in this thing?
You'd rather the government act as a mediary and psychic as to what the public wants? So that they can then apportion the public "research" spending budget accordingly?
- therobot24 12y agowow, hostile attitude. Give your money to whoever you want; scientists, charities, ISIS... > government act as a mediary and psychic as to what the public wants A lot of that funding allocation is vetted by other academics, as in professors and researchers who are experts in their field (e.g. NSF has a panel of said experts that take time out of their schedule to go to D.C. to read and discuss proposals).