How an Alzheimer’s ‘cabal’ thwarted progress toward a cure

Re:How an Alzheimer’s ‘cabal’ thwarted progress toward a cure by snapetom on Monday December 30, 2019 @01:27PM (#21915510)

> public scientific funding

If you're talking about "politics" in this sense, then yes, I agree with what you're saying. However, I think the person you're responding to is saying "politics" in terms of inter-group and inter-department relationships.

Egos, arrogance, and insecurities run rampant in academia. Science, like any other fields, are not above these issues, which does hurt "good science."

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Re:How an Alzheimer’s ‘cabal’ thwarted progress toward a cure by snowwrestler on Monday December 30, 2019 @01:36PM (#21915581)

I was also talking about "politics" in terms of inter-group relationships, not electoral political parties.

What I meant by "public" is that the funding decisions are publicly reviewable in some way; i.e. other scientists can see and judge the funding decisions after the fact. As opposed to going to a company or rich person for private funding, which is less common but does happen.

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