If you mean that the government should invest in funding research far more than it does, and invest in research broadly without regard to subject area/immediately practical uses then I'm totally with you.
But it's not the government's responsibility to disseminate research in any way though, if that's what you're getting at.
But it's not the government's responsibility to disseminate research in any way though, if that's what you're getting at.
Au contraire. Please tell me that "as a scientist" you are utterly unaware of the massive movement within the research community to make publicly funded research publicly available?
As you should have known, if you were actually "a scientist," most publicly funded research remains hidden behind paywalls.
The prevailing argument is that it is, indeed, the government's responsibility to make taxpayer-funded research available to the taxpayer.
You don't seem to know any of that, however. I wonder, what kind of "scientist" are you?
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Greasetrap ago
If you mean that the government should invest in funding research far more than it does, and invest in research broadly without regard to subject area/immediately practical uses then I'm totally with you.
But it's not the government's responsibility to disseminate research in any way though, if that's what you're getting at.
Vercingetorix ago
Au contraire. Please tell me that "as a scientist" you are utterly unaware of the massive movement within the research community to make publicly funded research publicly available?
As you should have known, if you were actually "a scientist," most publicly funded research remains hidden behind paywalls.
The prevailing argument is that it is, indeed, the government's responsibility to make taxpayer-funded research available to the taxpayer.
You don't seem to know any of that, however. I wonder, what kind of "scientist" are you?