Agreed. For a long time it felt like most governments/funders accepted that pure research is a necessary part of feeding the applied research machine. And now the funders seem particularly short-sighted.
In saying that, in the spirit of a good faith argument, is there value in temporarily deprioritising pure research in (current) times of funding drought?
In saying that, in the spirit of a good faith argument, is there value in temporarily deprioritising pure research in (current) times of funding drought?