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To: r9etb

They’ve discovered something very interesting very far away, something which promises to yield a lot of interesting results through further study and something which, by definition, we can’t know all that much about right now. Because it’s so far away. (Center of the galaxy.)

And yes, grants will be needed. That’s the way science works.

If you want to change the structure of science funding so that taxpayer funds are no longer used (an arguably correct goal) that’s one thing. But if you want to blame this little paper — which is merely reporting on the existence of this fantastically interesting development — for the whole structure of science funding as it exists in America today... well, go ahead. No one’s stopping you.


5 posted on 08/31/2010 8:49:54 PM PDT by samtheman
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To: samtheman
But if you want to blame this little paper ....

You're reading too much into my comment. What I really want to do, is blame them for writing an article with no real ending. As I said, it just sorta peters out, as if the author ran out of things to say.

6 posted on 08/31/2010 8:52:21 PM PDT by r9etb
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The idea that government bureaucrats be given the power to confiscate and use other people's money, productive people's money, for what these bureaucrats decide is science as in global warming studies, is socialism.

Socialism doesn't work, is statism, is an abomination,is against freedom, destroys economies, is against prosperity and the greatest evil there is which is destroying the USA.

8 posted on 08/31/2010 8:56:38 PM PDT by rurgan (1 gov regulation on banks is now causing a recession by limiting lending to business)
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