I think this is a great point. Not sure why it's getting so many downvotes. Though I might quibble that medical research should not be exclusively government fu

I think this is a great point. Not sure why it's getting so many downvotes. Though I might quibble that medical research should not be exclusively government funded, or that it should not depend on government money. I'm OK with the government steering some extra money to the projects that need it (sometimes good social policy and private economic incentives don't align the way you'd like), but I agree a system where research is totally dependent on government money could be very bad.