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		brokencode 57 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ARIA, the UK's Bet to Build Scientific Revolutions I am not familiar with UK’s debt situation and am not disputing that they may need to balance the budget. But I don’t think the 0.08% line item for scientific research is where I’d start. Science is already deeply underfunded despite a disproportionately large impact on society in my opinion.

v5v3 57 days ago [–]

It's not 0.08% in isolation, A further £20 billion a year was announced recently.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-backs-uk-rd-wi...

brokencode 57 days ago | [–]

All I can say is that it’s really sad how politicized science has become. Oil company propaganda has really done a number on some people.

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