wow, hostile attitude. Give your money to whoever you want; scientists, charities, ISIS... > government act as a mediary and psychic as to what the public wan

wow, 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).