tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post5681057426542273502..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: US basic research down 25% in GDP terms (10 years)Steve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-22143596575410585482014-11-08T10:53:25.831-05:002014-11-08T10:53:25.831-05:00Why should the US government subsidize basic resea...Why should the US government subsidize basic research more than it already does? I'll admit that my knee-jerk reaction is to push for more government funding of basic research but it's not clear that society is better off if the government increases this funding.<br /><br />Basic research is a public good, that is clear. What is not clear is that the US government's current funding ofCorneliusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-15547895289010068232014-11-07T20:56:44.391-05:002014-11-07T20:56:44.391-05:00Since Bayh-Dole allowed federally-funded research ...Since Bayh-Dole allowed federally-funded research to become the exclusive property of corporations, particularly universities, rather than putting it into the public domain, federal research dollars have become pure corporate welfare. That is on top of the egregious skimming by universities of research funds on the pretense of providing facilities (that have already been paid for 3x over) and MUltannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-73596794284976427582014-11-07T10:52:41.675-05:002014-11-07T10:52:41.675-05:00Steve
How is this different than the offshoring o...Steve<br /><br />How is this different than the offshoring of manufacturing. It was all good fun while it was those lazy manufacturing guys, but now that it is your big fat American research jobs we should be concerned?<br /><br />http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDMQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.battelle.org%2Fdocs%2Ftpp%Bobdisqusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-34594391066035717952014-11-07T09:08:48.031-05:002014-11-07T09:08:48.031-05:00How about scientifically illiterate congressmen? ...How about scientifically illiterate congressmen? A population of students who think STEM is boring? A culture which portrays scientists as crazy social outcasts? Industry that promotes science denial whenever one of their profit centers collides with the public interest? The "welfare state" isn't even an accurate term for the major drivers of "social spending" which SethTSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-40255108492482178462014-11-07T07:25:18.951-05:002014-11-07T07:25:18.951-05:00I think Munger just gave $65M to KITP at UCSB!I think Munger just gave $65M to KITP at UCSB!steve hsuhttp://plus.google.com/u/0/+StephenHsu/aboutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-50921173658376492992014-11-07T07:09:01.106-05:002014-11-07T07:09:01.106-05:00The ever-expanding welfare state crowds out all ot...The ever-expanding welfare state crowds out all other spending. The expansion cannot be stopped, so research dollars will continue to decline. This will have a markedly bad effect on junior faculty.BobSykesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-27077385884603186722014-11-07T01:34:39.194-05:002014-11-07T01:34:39.194-05:00Instantly reminded of the Munger-Schultz exchange ...Instantly reminded of the Munger-Schultz exchange you posted about in 2008:<br /><br />http://infoproc.blogspot.com/2008/03/charlie-munger-ricardo-and-finance.html#disqus_thread<br /><br />especially this passage:<br /><br />"You’re locked in this system and you can’t fix it. You’re going to go to a tragic hell in a handbasket, if going to hell involves being once the great leader of the SethTSnoreply@blogger.com