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Yeah I don't like entitled scientists either.

It's especially disheartening to see my own community come off this way.

That said, I think most of us are aware of the reality: from a funding point of view science is somewhere between a luxury and a trick to teach young idealistic people skills. Those skills can then be repurposed for industry or military applications. We aren't at all shy about pointing this out in grant proposals, so it's sad that people come off as though the scientific community is somehow entitled to anything.

Don't get me wrong, I fully believe that science is important, but in a world ruled by markets science funding is always going to be a charity.