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Re:NASA spacecraft to probe possibility of life in Europa's ... by bigstrat2003 on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @12:18PM (#41649037)
> Stepping on my soapbox once again to say that putting money towards science doesn't take away money from everything else.

This is objectively not true. Resource usage (money or other resources) is zero sum, and every dime spent on science is money that cannot be used for something else. I'm not opposed to spending money on science, but it doesn't do any good to make false claims like this.

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Re:NASA spacecraft to probe possibility of life in Europa's ... by bluGill on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @02:33PM (#41650444)
Zero sum isn't quite true. I only work a 40 hour week and would like to cut back, but I could work more hours and I'd likely be more productive.
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