To the editor: The wonderful thing about government-funded analysis is that the outcomes are within the public area. Which means any citizen could make use of that analysis to develop and promote their very own merchandise.
This Los Angeles Occasions article exposes the folly of President Trump’s cancellation of U.S. authorities analysis initiatives, the outcome being that different international locations are already providing jobs to these researchers who’ve misplaced their funding (“Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in U.S. cuts. Foreign universities want to hire them,” Might 25). The subsequent mind drain will come from our nation.
Because the Fifties, the event of latest supplies, computer systems, communications, medication and way more occurred as a result of the federal government sponsored analysis by offering public funds to researchers at universities and different organizations. It’s a massive mistake to take our nation out of the operating.
Roland F. Bryan, Santa Barbara
