Yeah cool let me know when you scientists actually do something useful with it
CoOl sciEncE becAUsE CoOL
So much research and yet so little positively impacts our communities.
Ron Paul is great on this:
Paul, a well-documented fiscal conservative, argued that a country with a $28 trillion national debt should not spend money on the research included in this bill. He used poster boards to outline spending on research that he contends frivolous, including $357,000 to study "Cocaine and Risky Sex Habits of Quail" and $1.6 million for researching "Lizards on a Treadmill."
Another poster had singer Dolly Parton’s face on it decrying $250,000 of taxpayer dollars to send "kids in Pakistan to Space Camp and Dollywood." Another poster accused the National Science Foundation of spending $700,000 from an autism research grant to investigate whether astronaut Neil Armstrong used the word "a" after landing on the moon and delivering his well-known "one giant leap for mankind" quote.
Over the past few days, Paul has used his Twitter platform to further his mission of informing the public about wasteful government spending.
“NSF sent $1.3 million to study making insects into animal feed. On top of that, we spent nearly $3 million to study if humans would eat insects as a means to combat climate change,” Paul tweeted. “That’s $4 million on eating insects
Lizards on treadmills? You can't make this up.
I feel like lizards on treadmill could actually have pretty significant implications for robotic locomotion.
The quail study is just a waste of taxpayer dollars and perfectly good cocaine tho
The cocain was for the researchers. It's just an easy way to get high on government money with zero risk.
Lizards on treadmills? You can't make this up.
Oy vey! We've been exposed!
There was a multimillion dollar research grant a while back to find if beer koozies actually work. Turns out they do, but still....
It's not charity what do you think this is? Communism?
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