Funding science and technology is a panacea — the way out of a recession, the way to compete with Red Russia or China, etc…The theft of billions of dollars from taxpayers and giving it to universities and corporations is hailed as an “investment.” Every once in awhile, a conservative points out what might be a wasteful expenditure, but then progressives denounce the rube as anti-science. Even the evil project that occasionally gets exposed does little to change the perception that government must and should fund science. Well, here’s another outrage that will probably have zero effect on the current science … Continue reading Spend Millions First, Assess Privacy Later