Comments on: Research and Intelligence … Research for Intelligence http://lewisshepherd.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/research-and-intelligence-research-for-intelligence/ A fuzzy technologist carves up facts & figures Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:04:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Fred Zimmerman http://lewisshepherd.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/research-and-intelligence-research-for-intelligence/#comment-350 Fred Zimmerman Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:50:23 +0000 http://lewisshepherd.wordpress.com/?p=285#comment-350 The article's pessimism seems overstated. The article is about the state of science funding, which is a different thing than the state of science. The same argument applies to the concerns about the percentage of research grants funded. A more useful basis for arguments about the state of science in the US would be to look at trends in citation indexes. That said, I am 1000% in favor of increased funding for science. Yours via the miracle of zaptxt.com, Fred The article’s pessimism seems overstated. The article is about the state of science funding, which is a different thing than the state of science. The same argument applies to the concerns about the percentage of research grants funded. A more useful basis for arguments about the state of science in the US would be to look at trends in citation indexes.

That said, I am 1000% in favor of increased funding for science. Yours via the miracle of zaptxt.com,

Fred

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