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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The colliders wouldn't exist without people in the tenured position. Tenure is protection from capital interests. It's not just a culture war thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm asking if the capital interest skew public research towards mega projects.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Yea, that is a problem just by the fact that it creates more pots of funding.