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science takes 20 years to figure out what most of us already knew?
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<blockquote data-quote="Margonme" data-source="post: 1395766" data-attributes="member: 25776"><p>True Grit stated:</p><p><strong>But as a nation we gain very little for the money taxpayers spend on science anymore. Scientists are bought and paid for by the highest bidder, and will do and say anything for a dollar.</strong></p><p><strong>Just Google "and there's page after page of the government wasting money on science studies.</strong></p><p></p><p>I Googled: "government money wasted on science" .</p><p></p><p>What I found was not very quantitative. Several "lists" came up including "the Tom Coburn list" . You are correct that government funds frivolous scientific research. Obviously, funding to garner or payback political favors through patronage. Although any money wasted on frivolous research is unwarranted, I did not find the relative amounts.</p><p></p><p>I also looked up funding for medical research. On a quantitative basis, spending in 2012 was:</p><p></p><p>50 billion public</p><p>70 billion private.</p><p></p><p>I did not find qualitative information. I admire academia and my son has spent his adult life in medical research and now oversees international clinical studies for Eli Lilly so I am bias.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Margonme, post: 1395766, member: 25776"] True Grit stated: [b]But as a nation we gain very little for the money taxpayers spend on science anymore. Scientists are bought and paid for by the highest bidder, and will do and say anything for a dollar. Just Google "and there's page after page of the government wasting money on science studies.[/b] I Googled: "government money wasted on science" . What I found was not very quantitative. Several "lists" came up including "the Tom Coburn list" . You are correct that government funds frivolous scientific research. Obviously, funding to garner or payback political favors through patronage. Although any money wasted on frivolous research is unwarranted, I did not find the relative amounts. I also looked up funding for medical research. On a quantitative basis, spending in 2012 was: 50 billion public 70 billion private. I did not find qualitative information. I admire academia and my son has spent his adult life in medical research and now oversees international clinical studies for Eli Lilly so I am bias. [/QUOTE]
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