On Friday, 12 April 2019 12:52:49 AEST Roger Clarke wrote: > If the latter, I'd argue that we apply some scepticism to research proposals, > in the immunotherapy area as in all other areas, and make people jump through > hoops, initially give them only small amounts of funding, and only give them > more as positive outcomes are demonstrated. > > Okay, that's an over-simplification, not least because the human fear of > death puts rose-coloured glasses on people when it comes to medical research > proposals; and research funding is subject to bandwagon effects, etc. > > But my point is that we expect payback on public investment.
So what sorts of "payback" would you find acceptable for (a) research into General Relativity and (b) immunotherapies? David _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
