Silly Science Policies Threaten Progress
Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 06:28
in Mathematics & Economics
Suppose you were a politician in charge of shaping your country's science policy. Let's also suppose you are actually interested in promoting the welfare of the nation and humanity at large (hopefully not all politicians are driven by sociopathic greed, and after all, we are talking about you here). Let's also suppose that you are not entirely stupid. What kind of science policy would you make? read more
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