re: #114 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

A scientist friend of mine was very pragmatic about it: he says if he cannot get government funding for his research, then he will just have to turn to private corporations, who have little interest in sharing their findings to promote the common good of society.

I should be clear that I am not necessarily against private corporations funding research.

Some of the tactics I have heard about from Monsanto stretch the limit of my goodwill in that area, assuming they are true. I am not going to look up specifics at this hour though. Perhaps tomorrow, if I manage to get enough writing done.