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Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF by ModernMech on Sunday February 09, 2025 @02:34PM (#42993056)
Why do you think you deserve access to public research dollars to scratch you personal research itch? If you can't explain to taxpayers how your research impacts them, I think it's fair that they should deny you their money.
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Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF by bubblethink on Sunday February 09, 2025 @10:24PM (#42996595)
Because every invention has been someone's personal itch. That's how the invention business works. From academia to VC, you fund a bunch of ideas and some of them change the world. Diversity statements don't play any part in this process.
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