[MD] Science Wars

[Platt Holden]

> At 07:34 AM 4/23/2009, you wrote:
> >[Willblake2]
> > > Problems with profit?  Then you are in the wrong country.  The
> reason
> > > you have a computer, car, and ipod is due to "profit driven".
> 
> 
> 
> >Platt:
> >Truer words were never spoken.
> 
> 
> 
> Hello Platt,
> 
> My question is should profit driven funding be the primary incentive 
> for doing science?   Is that the intelligent choice and reason?
> 
> 
> Marsha

Marsha,

All "funding" comes from profits -- what is left over after the expenses 
required for any enterprise. Without profits science would come to a 
standstill. 

Platt