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Many are asserting that military funding is a wonderful vector of progress because many civilian technologies have their origins in military R&D. Do you think that investing the same (staggering) amount of money in civilian R&D directly would somehow have been less beneficial?
It's a bit like saying, "oh, hosting the Olympics is such a boon for a city's infrastructure". Have you considered that directly investing in infrastructure independently of the Olympics might be more capital-efficient (fewer oversized stadiums and more subway lines)?
If you feed tons of grain to a war elephant, enough will come out that the sparrows can feed. But that doesn't mean it's the optimal way to feed sparrows
You are not wrong, It’s not that they don’t. It’s just: what if there is another way? What remarkable outcomes could be atained and how different could they be?
There is a clear difference of result in the political science involved between public and private assertions of R&D. This is a macro vs micro economic issue of concern, not a flaw within society. The question warrants its own indictment of research studies.
That's because they don't know what they think. They only know what they've been programmed to know.
Probably easier to convince government to invest more into a technology for military R&D as compared to convincing them to invest directly though.
I suppose one could ask, ‘Has the internet made the world a safer place?’ Both bear the same answer.
Very well said!
as if you have really an alternative! Other, not-so-friendly players will invest in the military and will run over the peaceful blooming nation to take away the fruits of the totally civilian R&D. Why? because the can, they do not share your values! ;-(
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