All these funds problems will disappear if people would become scientists for the right reasons. Instead, they become because in their autistic minds they think they will impress girls. Trololol.
On Monday, 21 April 2025 at 01:57:26 UTC+3 Russell Standish wrote: > On Sun, Apr 20, 2025 at 01:24:08PM +0000, 'spudb...@aol.com' via > Everything List wrote: > > Oh, Professor, I have zero opposition to us the taxpayer spending > trillions on > > R&D for both basic research and technology. I do note with deep concern > that > > trillions over the years has been wasted. Unfocused discovery of wonder > is > > terrfifc, but human need supercedes unrelated stuff in my opinion. How > much is > > enough, and when does x cross y for a return on investment? I am not a > young > > man and have been waiting 45 years for fusion, either magnetic or > inertial > > confinement, eh? Space travel will benefit, but again 20 years? > > > > What seems more likely in a few yers is pervoskite solar, possibly deep > > georthermal (maybe), and we could've developed fail-safe fission, and > JC's MSR > > reactors. Medicine? That's the Cash Cow for R&D and seems underfunded, > and > > uncoordinated. I'd have used US Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi's method of > income > > engancement for All US citizens, by giving US taxpayers the right to > donate 1% > > of their taxes to stocks that have R&D behind them, say medicines? > Again, ROI. > > Just an idea... > > You mean everyday citizens decide where the money's spent? This would > have a different bias to the above, vulnerable to social media > amplified influence. Probably not too dissimilar to politicians > deciding, just with somewhat less formal lobbying methods. > > I seem to recall distributing funds by random lottery might be the > least worst option of them all. At very least, scientists/academics > would not need to be spending all their time writing non-productive > research grants that they have to do now. > > > > > Ciao! > > > > Cheers > > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders hpc...@hpcoders.com.au > 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/8f5a0937-fb0f-4dfe-81fc-e5afca49deadn%40googlegroups.com.
