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British Government Slashes Scientific Research
asobala writes "The British Government has slashed the funding of scientific Research Councils by £68 million. The Research Councils most affected by this include the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, which has been hit by a £29 million reduction in funding, and the Medical Research Council, which is seeing a £10.7 million reduction in funding. The response of the BBSRC biological research council announces that the council will have to cut 20 new grants and reduce expenditure on new equipment."
Out of curiosity, is the UK also seeing a surge in Jeebus-people who are anti-science, similar to what we're seeing in the US?
I don't respond to AC's.
Drat, that inconvenient "context" thing comes in and totally screws the whole story. I suppose I could blame the editors, but we all know how useful that would be. I know, I'll blame our pathetic educational system, yeah :)
You can't get past the first sentence of the summary without having these big questions pop into your head. At least if you have any critical thinking ability whatsoever.
Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. (Isaac Asimov)
>is the UK also seeing a surge in Jeebus-people who are anti-science
Yes.
>similar to what we're seeing in the US?
Absolutely not!
IMHO
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The problem with that is you have no idea what pure research is useful and which isn't. Here's a quote I found that is a good sum up:
Pure science has been held up as a beacon of hope, as a way to allow scientists to pursue their own intuitions, and thus to find totally new solutions to old problems. This is seen in contrast to applied science, where short-term goals do not allow sufficient room for finding really new approaches. Indeed, the irony here is that the best applications of sciences are ultimately based on pure, rather than applied research.