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The EU falls short of the research funding levels called for and is at a clear disadvantage compared to South Korea, the United States, and Japan.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/pPACf

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

This is what we should do instead of massive military.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, a good chunk of the US military budget does go towards scientific research. It's just not public.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 4 points 6 months ago

Agree, but you still might be surprised. Back in high school I was paid minimum wage to catch bugs with a butterfly net for a few hours a day, for a team of biologists studying insect behavior. It was funded by the military, but the research was incredibly basic and far off from being directly usable in a military application.

[–] Hupf@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago

Big badda boom

[–] ahornsirup@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sure. Now convince Russia and China to go first, because I'd rather not sacrifice Ukraine and Taiwan and quite possibly the Baltic states.

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

And Kazakhstan, and Moldova, and who knows where else if they can spin their genocide in Ukraine as a success and keep going.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

Okay Japan is... not a good comparison for research given their academia is floundering.