https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/problem-sugar-daddy-science/598231/ … Science funded by layman philanthropists will tend to be biased towards flashier projects, possibly at the expense of merit. I think this is a valid critique, but not the whole story.
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Irene Pepperberg's research on animal cognition was funded by donations from bird fanciers. She was a media sensation; but she was broke. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Pepperberg … https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?content=reviews&isbn=9780674008069 …
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As long as that's true, we should expect to get a fair amount of good science per dollar if we had an influx of "dumb money" donors who just donated to scientists at top institutions whose research was in the news and sounded cool.
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Obviously, it's possible for there to be *enough* "dumb money" in science that it does more harm than good by distorting the field. I think we are not there yet.
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