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monkeyelite | 4 months ago

Professors have told me it doesn’t matter which administration is in - they just need to rebrand their project to meet funding requirements. Isn’t that a scary thought? We have no visibility and they are skilled enough to transform into any form.

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eli_gottlieb|4 months ago

No, it's not a scary thought that physicists and chemists don't care whether a Republican or Democrat is in office.

monkeyelite|4 months ago

It’s scary that:

1. Our top researchers are wasting their time and energy promoting projects for grants. 2. Any attempt by the public to oversee or guide these grants is thwarted by smart people. 3. If you try to learn more about where the money is going or what’s being counted as science people on HN will call it “anti-intellectual propoganda”.