There are an endless number of taxpayer funded research programs that generate useless information. About their only real benefit is providing employment for college professors. Society would benefit from less wasteful grant spending. Private sources of research funding concentrate their efforts on areas that will get results, as opposed to funding that supports friends, fellow travelers, and reliable voting blocks.
Private sources of research funding concentrate their efforts on areas that will get results, as opposed to funding that supports friends, fellow travelers, and reliable voting blocks..........
It’s NOT the private sources I am concerned about. If those who choose to spend their money for USEFUL studies, go for it. It is the waste of taxpayers money being spent for studies that provide absolutely NOTHING worthwhile. Unfortunately, there are more of such useless grants than one can imagine.