10-07-2015, 12:11 PM
(10-07-2015, 12:04 PM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: I can understand that.
Maybe if independent researchers would start their research on their own dime then if it's promising then ask for government funding.
I don't know how this stuff works, just wondering.
Non-governmental funding for research like this comes from two primary sources, non-profit organizations and the industry about which the research is being done. Most non-profit organizations don't have the funds required to perform any substantial research on these sorts of things and so the resources aren't available. If the industry about which the research is being done is concerned that the findings may not be positive to them, they either won't fund the research or they will have it done quietly and hide the results. If the findings do benefit them, then there is the question of bias.
This is why the idea of government funded research is so important, because (in theory) the bias does not exist as it does with corporate funded research and there are more funds available than most non-profits can generate.
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