blog: The head of the House Committee on Science does not understand how science works | The Curious Wavefunction, Scientific American Blog Network

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"It’s been said many times. Curiosity-driven research with no immediate application or goal is what has primarily led to science’s greatest discoveries as well as our high standard of living. It is what has led to the ascendancy of American science during the twentieth century. If you want great discoveries to happen, the recipe is clear; get the best scientists together and leave them alone.
And yet politicians just don’t get it........