Subnostr

No, I’m not. Private givers may not always expect a marketable product to result from the research they fund, but they at least expect new knowledge. Preferably important or profound knowledge.

monk_cactus 2y ago

Ah so the scientists would be incentivized to spin their findings as marketably as possible in order to secure more funding in the future? You don’t say

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graycat 2y ago

That was never in dispute. I’m not suggesting that substituting private grants for government grants would produce science nirvana.

monk_cactus 2y ago

Is your point just govs are bad? Because I agree with that

graycat 2y ago

No, I was disagreeing with “This would plague private funding just as much . . . .” At all, yes. As much, no.