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		philwelch 12 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the U.S. became a science superpower I would actually question the assumption that it still does. It's not obvious whether it does or doesn't, because the payoff horizon is in the very long term.

hedora 12 months ago [–]

Well, last year it generated more than the sum of all the money speant since what, WWII?

Research funding is really cheap compared to everything else the government does.

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