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Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF by WatchDog on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @07:25AM (#42947513)
The strategy is: Shut down everything, and see who complains.

If the complaints seem well reasoned, then you adjust course.

You can certainly argue that it is crude, but it’s simpler than trying to deeply analyze and understand a very complicated system.

Carl Icahn has a story[0] about firing 12 floors of people that seems relevant

[0]: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WSatPoD2W-o

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Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF by dennis_jeeves2 on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @02:55PM (#42954180)
>You can certainly argue that it is crude, but it’s simpler than trying to deeply analyze and understand a very complicated system.

Exactly.

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