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Obama Says 3% of GDP Should Fund Science Research And Development

Posted by samzenpus on from the that's-a-lot-of-test-tubes dept.

tritonman writes "Obama wants to set a goal that the US spend 3% of its GDP on scientific research and development. 'I believe it is not in our character, American character, to follow — but to lead. And it is time for us to lead once again. I am here today to set this goal: we will devote more than 3 percent of our GDP to research and development,' Obama said in a speech at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences."

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  1. Re:Well - Joe Dumbass will object by MightyYar · · Score: 5, Funny

    stop portraying scientists/engineers/academics as nerds or evil.

    You mean lie? :)

    Seriously, we are pretty nerdy.

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  2. Re:What about animal hybrids in Louisiana? by Applekid · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would like to think they are making this decision because someone finally realized that money doesn't actually grow on trees.

    And that's what the research is for: Money Trees.

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  3. That's no way to run a Civilzation by rev_sanchez · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unless you want to pit your galleys against Aztec ironclads you'll want an R&D of 20% until you get infantry and artillery. After that you can dial it down to 10% and focus on production.

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    1. Re:That's no way to run a Civilzation by Dachannien · · Score: 4, Funny

      Actually, we already have infantry and artillery. Obama just wants to dump a bunch of money into researching Future Tech to run up the score. So boring... just build the damn ship to Alpha Centauri already so you can win and start a new game.

  4. Re:What about animal hybrids in Louisiana? by maxume · · Score: 3, Funny

    Gold farming is more lucrative than money trees.

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  5. Re:Well - Joe Dumbass will object by gnick · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's it. The next time somebody calls me evil, I'm going to destroy their house with my weather machine and send my droid army after their loved ones. That'll teach then to describe engineers as evil nerds.

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  6. Re:Science makes us great. by daveime · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unfortunately, the other 3 pillars were the Banking, Insurance and Automobile industries.

  7. Re:Administration by SydShamino · · Score: 4, Funny

    Clinton, though, was helped by the dot-com boom, which was entirely NOT his doing (it's one of those things that just evolved, IMO, and Clinton was in office at the right time)

    Yeah, it was really more his vice-president's doing, back in the 1980s.

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  8. Re:Administration by interkin3tic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you going to tell me "girls gone wild" is worthwhile and productive?

    Only the first few minutes, then it gets boring and annoying, plus you question whether it's normal to become bored with boobs so quickly.