Accountable Infinity However (Letters to Myself)
2 dic 2004
 


i posted that NSF link the other day to point out that science funding is not as high as i think it should be, and yet at the same time certain people like to play up how helpful they are to this end. i mean, there are certainly more important things needing funding than research, but the shear amount of research ideas out there that don't get completed for years due to budget cuts is astounding.

One day, while Angie & i were attempting 303 homework on fluid flow and such, one of our Profs, Dr. Sahai, came by. She had been gone for a week or so at a NSF meeting, as she's on the board that allocates monies in earth/space/lifehistory sciences. Out of nearly 400 entries, seven (seven) grants were given. Sahai was frusterated as her council really did want to support the research, but they are limited in what they can do. She said most of the research, be it in Geology or Physics or Genetics or whatever, that gets funding is the "sexy" topics.

After i got over the shock of hearing my otherwise seemingly-straight-laced prof use the word "sexy" several times in conversation, i realized how dire this situation could be. Primarily for my and my friends' careers, as many of us are planning to go into research of one type or another, and secondly, for the shortcuts and cheating that intense competition in science (or any field) can create. And mostly for all the problems that still remain in science that won't be solved as long as people with checkbooks don't care.

Competition's not all bad, of course, but i don't think it's the best strategy in scholarship... or life in general, for that matter. ah well, back to my previously scheduled caring about BIFs and other geeky scholarly matters.

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