Comment by vbezhenar
8 hours ago
That's how science always worked. The stupid people throw money at smart people and sometimes they pay back with good things. Any attempts to optimize that is futile, so the best we can do is to continue throwing money.
Unfortunately that is not how it works in capitalist societies, because the smart people will eventually figure out how to siphon the maximum amount of money out of the government regardless of the results. Or do you think we should also keep throwing money at Boeing because there are still a few smart engineers left and we might get a worthwhile Starliner and SLS eventually it we just keep throwing money?