Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
Should scienific research get more governmental funding?
Position‹2 of 2

No, scientific research should not get more governmental funding

This position holds that governments should not spend more on scientific research, because public money is finite and has competing claims on it, and because the way research funding is allocated rewards grant-writing and caution rather than discovery.

Supporting arguments · 2

  1. Public money is finite, and research competes with claims that are more urgent
  2. More money would flow into a system that rewards grant-writing rather than discovery