[chucky]

> This is a topic that is useful for many more situations than just the military.

Fair enough, but that's not who funded your research (according to your own disclosure, the military paid for it).

If this topic is so useful for "more situations" , why didn't those "many more situations" fund it? Will you be conducting research into how this topic will have non-military usages, or is that just something you tell yourself to sleep better at night while the military pays for more research that "is useful for many more situations than just the military"?

[calamari4065]

Most modern technology is derived from military research.

Do you feel bad every time you use a microwave? It was originally a military radar. Without military funding, it would not exist in its modern form. Nor would basically all radio communication technologies, satellites, spaceflight. You get the idea.

[ponderings]

yeah, I feel terrible about it. We as a species apparently cant punch a dent in a pack of butter unless it is for greed or murder. We chose to be like that. Seriously, wtf???

I would prefer it if we developed competitive qualities. Trying to stop doesn't make sense, we have to outgrow it.

[ncocacola]

Isn't that how the Internet was invented?