Research budgets have been flat in decline in real dollars for more than a decade. The system is already function on bare minimums - want more efficiency? more stable funding and more stable budgets so we're not resubmitting grants over and over
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD
"efficiency" makes sense in the applied sciences, where inputs and outputs can be measured
it's an absurd concept in discovery, where insights come from rare confluences of curiosity, drive, imagination, & opportunity
you can't raise Newtons or Einsteins like cattle or milk them for extra laws
it's an absurd concept in discovery, where insights come from rare confluences of curiosity, drive, imagination, & opportunity
you can't raise Newtons or Einsteins like cattle or milk them for extra laws
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