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WH proposes rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants

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Post by groundzeros2015 »

i80and wrote: post #209
amazingamazing wrote: post #201

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> Also it really is sad to see “Hacker” News be “World News”. More Zig and less White House, please. I have been on this website for 17 years (ugh that's scary), and people have been posting variations of this remark the entire time. It's a tiresome sort of post the thousandth time. Politics have always been a consistent part of this website: it's a big part of the world that hackers live in, and barring rule enforce…

Somewhat true. But as politics has accelerated to consume other interests, and HN has become disillusioned with startups it has gotten worse.

It illustrates to me how quickly everyone gets wrapped up in the current thing. There is no principle about which content is allowed or not. Entire threads representing alternative views are removed.

For example, In 2018 I remember you could not say a single thing critical of Elon or Tesla .

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Post by jfengel »

amazingamazing wrote: post #201

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They've always had the final say on issuing grants, but it was handled by career scientists rather than political appointees. Canceling grants in process is extremely rare.

Since many of those grants concern science and tech it does seem relevant to this site.

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Post by m0llusk »

tempodox wrote: post #163

If you want to stay a scientist, you have to emigrate. The art of continually licking the right asses to keep funding going is not science.

There is a lot of private funding available with a broad range of targets and boundaries.

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Post by bix6 »

x3ro wrote: post #217
ChrisLTD wrote: post #186

It’s sad to watch my country commit suicide. Not only will my compatriots be poorer for it, but the rest of the world will be too.

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Yes and no. I think the current Ebola outbreak would not be happening if the US was still committed to global health.

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Post by sanid »

footy wrote: post #184
gwerbin wrote: post #174

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think most Americans, if polled, would prefer to be the global hub of scientific research, instead of an isolated silo of research that only follows a politically approved agenda.

They were polled, on election day. Most Americans want this, or didn't care enough to stop it. Potato, potahto.

Were they? I thought they also voted for the "No new wars" guys. Oh wait

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Post by amazingamazing »

bix6 wrote: post #226
x3ro wrote: post #217

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Yes and no. I think the current Ebola outbreak would not be happening if the US was still committed to global health.

The world should be more independent and self sufficient. It will be better in the long run.
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