Canadian politicians are talking about setting up a Canadian DARPA. Tying precious research dollars to military applications is not an efficient way to innovate and will lead to obscenities like the self-healing minefield. Encourage start-ups, not the military industrial complex.
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You seem to be too much in favor of public spending for an anti-socialist guy.
Defense and research are precisely two of the appropriate functions of government, and DARPA combines both.
