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Debate over indiscriminate science funding cuts
Original: ‘To me it’s stupid to just indiscriminately cut science…. But it was also pretty stupid to just keep pouring money into science’
A commentator argues that indiscriminately cutting science funding is foolish, but that indiscriminately pouring money into science was also unwise. The remarks capture a growing argument that research spending should be prioritised and evaluated rather than treated as untouchable or wasteful by default. The comment is drawing attention amid wider disputes over government budgets for research and which fields of science deserve public support.
Why now: Ongoing political fights over government science budgets have made questions about how research funding should be cut or sustained highly contested.
Evidence
- ‘To me it’s stupid to just indiscriminately cut science…. But it was also pretty stupid to just keep pouring money into science’ · The New Atlantis
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