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Originally posted by Moses
Not all, but definitely a lot. I guess my point is that the present system is doing a tremendous job of funding research that yields real dividends.
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Not with cuts to NSF and more and more pressure to do "applied" research with NIH dollars. Basic research spending is seriously shrinking.
If you don't do the basic, you can't do the applied. Just ask the drug companies. How many new antibacterials have been developed? New classes, not just variations on beta-lactam or cephalosporins? "Spray and pray" is not basic research...