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I sure wouldn't call it scientific progress, if that's what you're implying.
Science isn't just about nice stuff
Why not?
It's just how the term is defined. Blame English language users, I guess
Ah yes. Nice science and evil science.
Yeah. Goes all under "science"
Problem solved then! Everyone just needs to do killing people science in order to make a living.
Are you really upset that the term "science" includes even things we might personally find upsetting?
Yes
Why though
Because our (US) current priorities fuel a worldwide arms race, while real investment in basic sciences would benefit humanity and keep postdocs from starving. The entire NIH budget for everything is $47 billion, while the Department of Defense budget is $825 billion, $145 billion of which for R&D. You think we should be spending $100 billion per year more on killing people than on making people's lives better?
I don't know what you imagine I was saying, I was just trying to say that a lot of that is science.
All I'm saying is that postdocs shouldn't be living below the poverty line with a side of stop killing people.