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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All Americans - liberal, conservative, and apolitical - should be very concerned about the future of college given how Trump & Vance are attacking it. It is arson with no architecture. They don't have a vision for fixing it, they just want it to die.[/quote]

I am paying careful attention and am very happy with the changes. These are much needed.

The people who are unhappy are those who are content to receive funds without needing to demonstrate any results.

Now the fun part - the supposed liberals who are "open" to new ideas and alternative viewpoints, think none of the above is an "acceptable" viewpoint. Because the above must have been written by a MAGA advocate and therefore not a valid view.

-A moderate democrat who voted for Kamala

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Researchers have to demonstrate results. Often they are contractually obligated to publish their results no matter what. They don’t have to demonstrate success. That is an important concept in science and engineering. You can’t guarantee success, nor should you, when trialing new concepts in basic and applied research. [/quote]

Exactly!  For every new drug that actually makes it to market (with FDA approval) there are 99+ more that didn't, many that didn't make it out of the initial few years of research stage.  But that is not a bad thing.  You have to do research, test theories to learn new concepts.  
Think about the mRNA vaccines.  They have been in the works for 30 years.  it was all the work done in those 30 years that allowed Pfizer and Moderna to develop Covid mRNA vaccines in a short time period.  They were not "starting from scratch".  That is how science and innovation works
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