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sqgl@sh.itjust.works 19 hours agoWhy should the world benefit from our taxpayer funded research? I want my taxes spent on training Americans so as to let the world watch (for free) fast running and swimming.
Am still waiting for a skipping event in the Olympics.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 hours ago
The world isn’t benefitting from your research, you benefit from the world’s research based off your own research, on and on it goes and we all get smarter and know more and strive towards bettering our condition, curing our ills and minimizing suffering and maximizing happiness for all.
At least in my opinion it’s why scientific research while a truly neutral morally activity and generally done as an end unto itself - from a broadly humanist standpoint is a ga worth pursuing, even when the immediate benefits aren’t seen by the shortsighted.
sqgl@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
I have heard GOP politicians using that line though. Something like “why should we fund a cure for a disease and everyone else benefits without spending a cent”
Why doesn’t their national pride on the world stage extend beyond sport?
Randomgal@lemmy.ca 14 hours ago
Because that wouldn’t make as much money.
sqgl@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
Gold medals don’t make money. It is for national pride. Even hosting the games does not always make money.
Actually I am Aussie and per capita we maybe win the most Olymoic medals of any country and it embarrasses me. 12 years ago it was calculated each gold medal costs us AU$12m (so about US$11 today accounting for inflation).
smh.com.au/…/they-kill-us-for-their-sport-william…