tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post6539707640640346913..comments2024-03-22T05:17:53.112-04:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: Ceding the FutureBig Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-85570946478541933992017-07-03T15:13:45.929-04:002017-07-03T15:13:45.929-04:00I frankly can't get worked up over the White H...I frankly can't get worked up over the White House OS&T. I mean, sure, I'd prefer our president have a grasp on why basic science and R&D is important (internet, lasers, modern electrical storage etc etc etc), but the key thing to watch is government R&D spending as a percentage of the Discretionary Budget, especially including NSF Grants, NASA R&D and NIH. A lot of DOE R&D is nuclear weapons, but the rest is pretty important too. If the fucking idiot doesn't cut the research budget too extensively, and the agencies are permitted to define the areas they consider important, it will be ok. If he decides to send the basic science R&D programs to industry and cut public spending, we won't get basic science, we'll get APPLIED science which is what industry does anyway.<br /><br />At least until they run out of basic science to exploit...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.com