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[–] Mylon 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Research doesn't get funding. R&D spending has been declining for a while now. And recently companies have managed to outsource their R&D: Desperate people do all of the hard work on their own and if they hit upon a remotely successful idea, one of the big companies buys them out. Everyone that doesn't have a hit idea goes bankrupt. It's like socialized R&D, privatized profits. It's far more efficient for the bottom line and it's more optimized for those short-term investors only following quarterly reports.