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[–] Beast-mode-freak ago  (edited ago)

This, this right here. As a PhD in medical research, the current economy only funds "verified and applied research" looking for big pharma dollars and patent royalties. No funding for basic research basically becomes the bottle neck for the development of new breakthroughs and ideas (or lack thereof).

The politicians have zero foresight or forward planning ability. They only fund research that has proven data and publications to back it up, what happens when these dry up/run out??? They expect the best scientists to hand them guaranteed favorable outcomes on a platter with zero risk per investment dollar. Fucking idiots, basic science is where ideas become knowledge which leads to future advances. Not funding basic research basically condemns your scientists to either go to industry or move overseas to somewhere that is providing funding (and those countries will reap the rewards of the investment)