[pvaldes]

> are we supposed to keep funding everything ad infinitum

It depends. Do you want to be rich?

People don't "fund" science, they "invest" in science.

There is a big difference. Often, each dollar invested will return multiplied by five, ten or more.

But you can also spent 14 millions painting a pool in a different shade of blue or much more building the Barbie's disco dance house and will end with... the same pool, or a disco dance house that you will never be allowed to use. Is your money after all.