> Second, because government funded science is free from having to produce immediate results in order to satisfy the whims of a specific patron such that funding is continued.
I agree with you but there's irony (and a possible lesson about motives) in the current situation.
Well, hundreds of elected representatives and a handful of judges have had to entirely abdicate their responsibility and power for us to arrive at this point. It's not just one guy.
The problem and paradox is that it's hundreds of elected representatives and a handful of judges entirely abdicating their responsibility to make it just one guy.
>> Second, because government funded science is free from having to produce immediate results in order to satisfy the whims of a specific patron such that funding is continued.
> I agree with you but there's irony (and a possible lesson about motives) in the current situation.
Quite true, sadly.
I am reminded of an old adage[0]:
In theory there is no difference between theory and
practice, while in practice there is.
I agree with you but there's irony (and a possible lesson about motives) in the current situation.