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[–] Ethalis@jlai.lu 173 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Sure, that's great but it's not even the point. Fundamental research and other type of "useless" scientific endeavors help humanity as a whole to better understand our universe but would never be privately funded because they don't have any concrete and immediate financial benefits. This is precisely what a government should finance, because no one else would do it and yet it's small stuff like that that make us collectively move forward as a species

[–] bronzle@lemm.ee 3 points 13 hours ago

Oh, they’ll probably publicly fund it for private profit

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 55 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Musk fans don't want humanity to advance. They hate technological progress.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 24 points 1 day ago

For OTHERS, yes. But many want the cutting edge for themselves, at no cost to themselves.

[–] algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Where did Musk come from? I don't see any mention of it here

[–] moody@lemmings.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Department of goverment efficiency was Musk's meme idea and Trump is apparently just rolling with it.

[–] algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 hours ago

Thanks for actually explaining it instead of downvoting me. Heaven forbid I'm not aware of every micro-connotation caused by the current depressing news cycle

[–] obbeel@lemmy.eco.br 17 points 1 day ago

Musk will govern the DOGE department, won't he?