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20/05/24

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Originally posted by pintohoo: ↑

it's plain stupidity that 'waste' is used as a weapon politically -

because in any organisation of size and particularly a nation - there is always waste.

and where a country has a two party political system and one party is the party of ideas and the other party is a stand back and do nothing party - then, there is a huge problem with using waste as a weapon - and here is one of the problems

General research ---------- it's an area that is always awash with waste, always was, is and always will be.
The day that general research stops having waste is the day that it stops being 'general research'

And what is the problem with politicalising 'waste' in general research? Well, the problem is that a do nothing party can take the weapon to an election and sometimes win - and then withdraws funding from general research - which then becomes a 'cut cut' race to the bottom in future elections

which has been the case in Australia --------- the amount of funding for general research is almost negligible --------

and the problem is where???????

the problem is that general research - whilst one of the biggest wasters of all - is also the biggest giver of bang for the bucks of all

so, one can wait years for a result - pouring money into rooms full of people with 'I've got an inkling' ------------ years of money - just keeps getting shovelled in -

but, one day - the door opens and out comes a success out of general research - something totally new out of nothing

and the windfalls are massive - they often redefine massive return

Oz misses all of that ----------- who has reaped it?

Silicon Valley - it's been home to the biggest investment and fortune return in human history because of guts to throw money where others will not

Yanks might have a horrid society - but, they've got one thing right - they are prepared to have a go, to take a bet - on some of the wildest ideas one can hear ------------ others will not - not Europe, not the UK, not Oz

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