----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > With the widespread intrusion of the federal government into the lives and > business of everyone, it might be fruitful to consider a spectrum of research > spanning the gamut from purely private to purely governmental rather than > considering just the two extremes. > > David Levenstam > GMU > On the other hand, if there really is a trend of increasing scientific value-added as one goes from totally public to totally private research, then would it not be beneficial to all concerned--science, government, industry, consumers--to eliminate all government funding of scienfic research? I am not convinced that this is the case, but, as they say, stranger things have happened. We ought to look and see.
~Alypius Skinner
