[–] captainplanet2 ago
Most educational research is funded by governments. When you realize that just about everything known, everything taught, was funded by governments and the knowledge mostly age old......you come to the conclusion that the right to this knowledge should be free. Not that it matters, colleges are dying, running out of students, funds drying up. Why? Because people can get a free education online.
[–] ILikeMyDogNotYours ago
Mostly to find new and innovative ways to kill people. Which, again, the government does nothing that dole out money. By your own admission it is the private sector that does the actual discovery.
[–] captainplanet2 ago
In a sense, although much of those institutions wouldn't exist without grants or funding provided by governments. Also the Various global state controlled institutions are leaders in disease research. There is no profit in curing 3rd world diseases.