Even if funding is non-corporate driven research should be suspect and subject to peer review. After all the researcher often has some idea of the result he or she wants to see.
As to corporate research being funded by the public. Corporations already get too many handouts from the government. I seriously doubt they need one more.
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Now I know why my Ramon's CD has "bald" spots.
Do I get a prize for discovering this first?
Even if funding is non-corporate driven research should be suspect and subject to peer review. After all the researcher often has some idea of the result he or she wants to see. As to corporate research being funded by the public. Corporations already get too many handouts from the government. I seriously doubt they need one more.