re: #1164 Bagua

Yes, “paid for,” exactly”, with much of the work done by private industry which had a definite profit motive.

No not at all.

Name one major scientific breakthrough in fundamental research that was privately funded in the last 50 years. Better TV does not count.

Even routers for Benjamin Cisko started as part of his gov’t funded research.

But what about any of the physics or major biological discoveries in the last 50 years? You are just wrong about this.