Ashwin Dixit1d ago
I unironically support Trump's gutting of all kinds of Science funding. We don't need to see fancy colorful pictures of distant space objects, galaxies, nebulae and shit. GIMME EAT!
I don't fuckin' care what eggheads masturbate yourself with. Just don't use public funds for your phallic rockets. Interested in the skies? Go buy a telescope. The homeless and hungry are done footing the bill for your fancy distractions, which don't bring them any tangible benefits. You could be making shit up!
Show threadLumiukko1d ago
@purrperl I think you're barking at the wrong tree. Funding for research projects is really tiny compared to all the wealth those tech firms and adjacent people are currently hoarding, while doing nothing for the public. Research projects, esp. those applying for public funding, almost always have to argue their benefits, while nobody is questioning real estate projects or now them fancy AI tools. I understand this is complex and sounds like gibberish most of the time, but the information is transparent and out there. It just takes learning and time. Things that aren't easy exist.
Show threadAshwin Dixit1d ago

@lumiukko

I know that things that aren't easy exist. Yet, they're indistinguishable from magic to the lay person, whose share of public funds goes to pay for this magick.

That person is cut off from their own share of power in government, kept from voting.

It could just as easily be a theocratic state arrogating itself public funds to do magic rituals, as scientists doing science.

Show threadLumiukko1d ago
@purrperl I would rather say there should be more emphasis of forcing science communication, in the sense that research and results have to be explained in simple terms. Otherwise, I agree, we don't have the level of participation we should have.
Show threadAshwin Dixit7h ago

@lumiukko

I don't think there is a good way to explain to a hungry person who has spent the night shivering on cold concrete, why the superconducting supercollider needs billions in public funding, or what exciting secrets the latest images of the Andromeda galaxy may reveal.

Show threadLumiukko6h ago

@purrperl

These two things are not mutually exclusive at all.

We can have both: Basic needs fulfilled and (in some cases) expensive research. What we can't have, is concentrated wealth on individuals, i.e., billionaires and have everyone's basic needs fulfilled, because their wealth is originating from exploitation and abuse of people in need.

You are complaining about research efforts, while ignoring bigger sinkholes that even have a net negative effect on society.

At this point I'm not even sure you're not just trolling.

Show threadAshwin Dixit

@lumiukko

Trolling? I have literally not eaten for over 48 hours now, as a homeless whistleblower.

https://whistleblower.lovestoblog.com/

As for you, you seem to represent the comfy middle class ( that I was once part of ) suddenly feeling the need to apologize for and justify its privileged existence, even as it looked away from the homeless and hungry for ages, only because that privilege is being actively questioned.

No more fancy Science, till we fill all bellies. Privilege time is over!

GIMME EAT!

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