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Re:Anger grows as 1,000 engineering and physical sciences Ph... by smithian on Thursday August 04, 2011 @10:02AM (#2845993)
I think that may be the first time I've heard Science and Engineering referred to as special interests. Given the key role they play in pretty much everything we take for granted in a modern technological society, I would describe funding Science and Engineering to be more in the general interest, no?
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Re:Anger grows as 1,000 engineering and physical sciences Ph... by hvs on Thursday August 04, 2011 @10:31AM (#2846115)
And everyone looking for money from the government makes the same argument about their own field being in the "general interest".

"Science and Engineering" isn't looking for funding, it's a specific group (universities) looking for funding from the government, so it's a special interest.

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