Comments on: The Biggest Loser: Science Could Be “Devastated” by Financial Crisis http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/realitybase/2008/10/13/the-biggest-loser-science-could-be-devastated-by-financial-crisis/ A blog about science, politics, and how to let each help the other without compromising them both. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:26:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Cronan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/realitybase/2008/10/13/the-biggest-loser-science-could-be-devastated-by-financial-crisis/#comment-3526 Cronan Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:05:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/realitybase/2008/10/13/the-biggest-loser-science-could-be-devastated-by-financial-crisis/#comment-3526 Is this surprising? Most science is a cost, with very few direct benefits. Oh sure, some research spins into inventions that make money, but most doesn't. When times are hard, costs get cut, especially on the non-essentials. Like the rest of us, Leakey et al will have to tighten their belts. Is this surprising? Most science is a cost, with very few direct benefits. Oh sure, some research spins into inventions that make money, but most doesn’t.

When times are hard, costs get cut, especially on the non-essentials.

Like the rest of us, Leakey et al will have to tighten their belts.

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