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Re:NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions by zkmon on Friday May 09, 2025 @09:38AM (#43936600)
Why not take up those projects which align with the goals of the government? After all, science is also also about adaptation and survival.
Re:NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions by ratatoskrt on Friday May 09, 2025 @09:42AM (#43936647)
There is so much wrong with this statement (which you disguised as a question), but let's start with the fact that the government does not want different research, but mainly less research.
Re:NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions by nielsbot on Friday May 09, 2025 @09:49AM (#43936715)
the goal is to destroy the administrative state, not do research. it’s ideological.

https://www.propublica.org/article/video-donald-trump-russ-v...

Re:NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions by kasey_junk on Friday May 09, 2025 @09:54AM (#43936779)
Well for one, your staff is likely already gone. They are cancelling approved grants. As soon as they do that the universities that employ the staff funded by those grants quickly eliminate the job.

So even if you can retool, get a new politically correct grant, believe that it will last long enough to do anything, you’ll find your lab already decimated and incapable of continuing its work.

Re:NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions by rtkwe on Friday May 09, 2025 @11:43AM (#43938118)
Because 1) science comes up with inconvenient answers (like climate change is real and human caused) and 2) there's a virulent anti-intellectual ideology that's taken over the GOP so harming universities is it's own goal in and of itself.
Re:NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions by nielsbot on Saturday May 10, 2025 @01:44AM (#43943476)
The pillars of fascist takeover are:

1. destroy free press 2. destroy liberal education 3. destroy the administrative state (watchdogs, rule makers, rule enforcers)

Once that's done, resistance is diminished or destroyed and you can then funnel the wealth of the people to you and your family and your "friends".

Re:NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions by cm2012 on Friday May 09, 2025 @09:46AM (#43936687)
Can you give an example of any science project supported by the current administration?
Re:NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions by AntiEgo on Friday May 09, 2025 @09:51AM (#43936743)
Re:NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions by alabastervlog on Friday May 09, 2025 @09:50AM (#43936725)
Anything that makes vaccines look bad?

Nb the outcome is what matters, need not apply if your study might find they aren't so bad.

Sharpie-based hurricane track prediction?

Re:NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions by damnitbuilds on Friday May 09, 2025 @11:08AM (#43937644)
As I noted above, it is not necessarily the science itself, but the forced inclusion of DEI language in the grant.

The Biden administration forced people to include that DEI language.

The Trump administration objects to that DEI language.

Biden did wrong by science first.

Re:NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions by croes on Friday May 09, 2025 @09:42AM (#43936637)
Adaption and survival sounds like evolution, that doesn’t align with the MAGA hats in the government