[extropy-chat] Three-quarters of N. American's support stem cell research

[Chris Phoenix]

Why is no one talking about the effects of U.S. policy on the supply of 
researchers?

I'm a biology student, deciding what career to go into.  (Or a lab 
director looking to expand into a new field.)  Should I go into one 
that's stable, or one that the US might well ban right after I graduate 
(create the program)?  That's a no-brainer...

Robert Bradbury wrote that the research side of R&D can't be accelerated 
by throwing money at it.  But I ask: can research be slowed by 
discouraging researchers from specializing in it?  And how much effect 
will the reduction in researchers have on subsequent development?

Reason and j. andrew rogers are hammer-and-tongs about public vs. 
private investment.  But money isn't the only thing that makes research 
happen.

ObNanotech: Research careers in molecular manufacturing are also being 
energetically discouraged in the U.S.

Chris

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Chris Phoenix                                  cphoenix at CRNano.org
Director of Research
Center for Responsible Nanotechnology          http://CRNano.org