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		irollboozers on Sept 10, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An Aspiring Scientist’s Frustration with Modern-Da... Private funding, industrial innovation, etc. Subsidized infrastructure does not practically promote risky endeavors. It's created the side effects mentioned in the original article.

andreasvc on Sept 11, 2013 [–]

It may be more inefficient, but it funds basic research without a short-term payoff, or even a suggestion of long-term payoff.

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