| ▲ | xtiansimon 2 hours ago | |
> “The document would also ban…block spending on things like publishing papers and attending conferences.” This is not just picking which ideas the government supports. This sounds like it’s taking all the “fun” out of having grant funding. Sure, that’s a flip remark, but doesn’t this have a similar sense of arguments against other government funded programs? ~SNAP food assistance is raising food prices~ [1] or ~SNAP food assistance is my tax dollars going towards anyone who says they’re hungry.~ [2] And don’t forget to mention the replication crisis. ~Public funded grants let scientists go to parties and publish junk science.~ The cynical would argue it’s proof the scientific community is filled with charlatans milking a system that can’t police itself. | ||