The current religion decides. If the "research" is about matter, all the money. If the research is about consciousness, 0 money.
On Sunday, 20 April 2025 at 01:54:51 UTC+3 Russell Standish wrote: > On Fri, Apr 18, 2025 at 04:42:17PM +0000, '[email protected]' via > Everything List wrote: > > My criticism of the Dems is we have gives tens of trillions over the > decades > > with little return on investment, considering the cash spent. Secondly, > as I > > hold, scientists who let their Ideology Eclipse theiir Intellect, are of > no use > > to the rest of the species. Gentlemen, if you get furious over little > with us > > nornies, then yes, you have misread the room. But of course, you don't > care. > > Basdic research is the essence of science, but the lead time toi > usefulness is > > problematic. Tell us why we should fund you John? Where's the ROI? > > > > There is a well-known anecdote about Michael Faraday, who exhibited an > early form of an electric motor in 1821, and was asked what was the use > of his electromagnetism. His response was "what is the use of a > baby?". > > The question should not be whether society invests in scientific > research - it should be, and at a few percent of GDP, is modest, > affordable and it has historically had extremely high ROI given > long-enough time. The question should be who decides which scientific > programmes get the money. I can see problems with all the usual > choices: the scientists themselves, nameless bureaucrats, the > broligarchs, or politicians like Trump. > > Cheers > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders [email protected] > http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/b866f143-efbb-4928-a2ba-1ea222ee93ddn%40googlegroups.com.
