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by calvinmorrison 45 days ago
> a system where funding is guaranteed and investigators are allowed absolute academic freedom. think something along the lines of each principle investigator gets $Xmillion to study their research topic in perpetuity without fear of reprisals or sudden funding cuts.

you can do this, you just need to find a chump who is willing to spend the money.

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this exists and the chump is howard hughes