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Re:The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science... by acuozzo on Monday December 22, 2025 @01:20PM (#46356949)
> The private sector can fund projects which are opportunities with an economic basis

You've inherited a nation built atop research which, at the time it was done, had no immediate pathway for economic viability. The groundbreaking research out of Bell Labs and DARPA provide many examples, among many more from other institutions, to support this claim which changed the entire world in addition to our nation for the better.

To think that this research would have been the product of economic incentivization is folly.

We, as a nation, have been spoiled by these gifts of our past and, like so many spoiled trust fund children, are flushing our inheritance down the toilet.

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Re:The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science... by charcircuit on Monday December 22, 2025 @06:40PM (#46360607)
>no immediate pathway for economic viability

Investing in research towards creating digital computers and a global messaging system are pathways towards economic viability.

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Re:The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science... by acuozzo on Monday December 22, 2025 @10:45PM (#46362221)
I suggest you look more into the research conducted at both Bell Labs and, separately, the research funded by DARPA.

What you listed is but a tiny fraction.

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Re:The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science... by HaZeust on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @02:38AM (#46363263)
>"What you listed is but a tiny fraction."

I mean, likewise for you:

>"Bell Labs and, separately, the research funded by DARPA."

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