Comment by andrewflnr
6 months ago
> But articles shouting that all the research should be thrown out are not helpful .
Good thing OP isn't one, then. In fact it makes a pretty similar point: all the non-amyloid research also should not have been thrown out. Or rather, killed before it got that far; you can decide whether that's equivalent or worse.
Not thrown out - just not funded. But that is a question more re: how great the judgement of the NIH program managers/officers are, as well as whether there should be a healthier alternative funding mechanism to NIH dominated research funding for academia...
I.e. if one has a good pitch for an experimental direction, in an ideal world, the program managers would be an equal opportunity funder and arrange for diverse study sections evaluating proposals etc. But there can only be so many NIH program managers, maybe even less in today's DOGE-ey/RFKj climate, so then in another ideal world, there would be private funders, foundations, etc. But no one wants those because they're not structured w/ matching/overhead funds for academic centers. ergo, maybe the government should fund matching for private research foundation grants...but one would assume government that is in a funding, Keynesian mood vs. a cutting-the-budget mood...
> Not thrown out - just not funded.
Yes, that would be the "killed before it got that far" option I mentioned.