such as making scientific discoveries...that money is just really effective at achieving
I’m skeptical that money is very effective at making scientific discoveries. I’m extremely skeptical money is a good way of getting credit for science. If your goal is to get credit for science or to impress scientists, you probably should be a scientist. Who has recently used money to achieve scientific fame? Craig Ventnor is the only one I can name. and I suspect the money diluted the credit, but it was probably worth it. If your goal is to advance science, maybe money is a good tool. Bell Labs was good for the world (and for IBM). But it’s pretty easy to waste money trying to duplicate it.
Also, successful scientists are greedy and self-interested.
I suspect that prizes are good for spurring technological progress. I’m thinking of the X Prize Foundation and the DARPA Grand Challenge for robotic cars. One reason I’d like to have more money is so I could donate it to prizes that would spur technological progress.
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I’m skeptical that money is very effective at making scientific discoveries. I’m extremely skeptical money is a good way of getting credit for science. If your goal is to get credit for science or to impress scientists, you probably should be a scientist. Who has recently used money to achieve scientific fame? Craig Ventnor is the only one I can name. and I suspect the money diluted the credit, but it was probably worth it. If your goal is to advance science, maybe money is a good tool. Bell Labs was good for the world (and for IBM). But it’s pretty easy to waste money trying to duplicate it.
Also, successful scientists are greedy and self-interested.
I suspect that prizes are good for spurring technological progress. I’m thinking of the X Prize Foundation and the DARPA Grand Challenge for robotic cars. One reason I’d like to have more money is so I could donate it to prizes that would spur technological progress.