He personally ran the department that eviscerated funding for basic scientific research in the United States

You could have just posted the numbers to easily make/prove your point, but you didn't, and everyone knows why you didn't. Because the numbers don't align with what you're saying. But if enough people like you say it's true, I guess that makes it true, data be damned.

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jryan49 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Here ya go https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-026-00088-9/index.ht...

Something like 25% cut in new grants. 50% cuts to NSF... You could have just as easily found the data...

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WalterBright 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I did a word search on that article (it's impossible to read with its idiotic presentation), and "musk" is not mentioned.

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mbgerring 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Are you being serious? Are you actually not aware that Elon Musk ran the federal government department tasked with cancelling federal grants and firing government employees in 2025? How is it possible that you are not aware of this?

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WalterBright 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Present some evidence that he cut NSF spending.

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jryan49 2 hours ago | parent [-]

A quick Google search will show you... https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/26/nati...

You're just willfully ignorant

	▲	WalterBright 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Asking for evidence is not "willfully ignorant". People making claims have the onus of backing them up. Anyhow, the link to the canceled projects is: https://airtable.com/appGKlSVeXniQZkFC/shrFxbl1YTqb3AyOO?jnt... I looked at maybe a dozen at random, and only one seemed to have anything about scientific research. Of course, that is not a complete survey, but none of them looked important. I'm sure there are a few that are important. Which one(s) do you think are most important?