• @[email protected]
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    26211 hours ago

    Sure, that’s great but it’s not even the point. Fundamental research and other type of “useless” scientific endeavors help humanity as a whole to better understand our universe but would never be privately funded because they don’t have any concrete and immediate financial benefits. This is precisely what a government should finance, because no one else would do it and yet it’s small stuff like that that make us collectively move forward as a species

      • Miles O'Brien
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        319 hours ago

        For OTHERS, yes. But many want the cutting edge for themselves, at no cost to themselves.

        • @[email protected]
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          297 hours ago

          The Department of goverment efficiency was Musk’s meme idea and Trump is apparently just rolling with it.

          • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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            35 hours ago

            Maybe. Apparently trump is already bored with him, and mocked him on-stage, in front of an entire room full of people, just a couple days ago. I guess trump already got his money, so now it’s time to back-out of any agreements he made to get the money.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      35 hours ago

      help humanity as a whole

      And here you’ve identified why they hate it. They cannot stand the idea that resources might benefit other people, resources that they could hoard instead.