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Re:Why the United States has the best research universities by SeanLuke on Friday April 16, 2021 @02:54PM (#26837668)
You seriously think that university research in the US is largely funded or driven by companies? This is utterly wrong.

*Edit*. The question is why the united states has the "best research universities". That is a very general-level question and the Parent made a very general, and very wrong, claim in response. Regardless of whether some specific fields might have more industrial funding than others, it's easy to google the overall portion: and industry funding is quite minor.

https://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/UniSource1....

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Re:Why the United States has the best research universities by ubercore on Friday April 16, 2021 @03:00PM (#26837753)
Depending on the field, it can be. Lots of University-affiliated labs in the medical field get significant industry funding.
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Re:Why the United States has the best research universities by DiggyJohnson on Friday April 16, 2021 @03:22PM (#26838020)
> is largely funded or driven by companies

GP never implied it was the largest contributor, and yes, depending on your field a significant amount of funding does come from the private sector.

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Re:Why the United States has the best research universities by iancmceachern on Friday April 16, 2021 @03:09PM (#26837854)
This seems on topic: https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/newsroom/newsn/10721/the-color...
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Re:Why the United States has the best research universities by chronic83027 on Friday April 16, 2021 @08:07PM (#26840409)
> You seriously think that university research in the US is largely funded or driven by companies? This is utterly wrong.

Slow down there bud. Where did I say that?

Unless you’re talking about AI/ML, then yes, university labs receive more from companies, than government funding agencies.

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Re:Why the United States has the best research universities by SeanLuke on Saturday April 17, 2021 @01:48PM (#26846047)
> Slow down there bud. Where did I say that?

If I miserepresented you, then I am sorry.

> Unless you’re talking about AI/ML, then yes, university labs receive more from companies, than government funding agencies.

This is simply untrue. Companies comprise less than 10% of overall university research funding, and AI/ML is far from dominant. It's easy to verify this.

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