[eru]

> Practically no one is against hard science research, properly conducted.

As long as you do that with your own money (or money got freely given from other people), sure.

If you use taxpayer money, that's a different game.

[MrBuddyCasino]

There is a long list of grievances I have regarding the (mis-) use of taxpayer money, and funding the hard sciences is way, way down. I can’t even see it from where I stand.