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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 07:40 PM
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When the government won't fund basic sicence, maybe the people will.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/319367_timeguy12.html

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John Cramer, a physicist at the University of Washington, is reflected among some of the materials he's using for an experiment that challenges the traditional concept of time. The public has donated $35,000 to his research.

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A University of Washington scientist who could not obtain funding from traditional research agencies to test his idea that light particles act in reverse time has received more than $35,000 from folks nationwide who didn't want to see this admittedly far-fetched idea go unexplored.

"This country puts a lot more money into things that seem to me much crazier than this," said Mitch Rudman, a music industry executive in Las Vegas whose family foundation donated $20,000 to the experiment. "It's outrageous to me that talented scientists have to go looking for a few bucks to do anything slightly outside the box."

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More at link.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 07:41 PM
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1. government grants are way, way down.
I guess that's what happens when you've got a Creationist president.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 07:46 PM
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2. I have a theory that time moves slower in beach resorts
do you think I could get some public funding too?

for $35K I think I could so some serious researching in the Caribbean for a couple of months.
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