http://canadaresearchfunding.org/globe-commentary-illustrates-research-funding-myths/ Your source for Canadian biomedical research funding news and information Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:38:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://canadaresearchfunding.org/globe-commentary-illustrates-research-funding-myths/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Retired CEO of EnCana Corp. rips into “the culture of Canada’s research universities…” « Researcher Forum Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:01:50 +0000 http://canadaresearchfunding.org/?p=245#comment-99 [...] By Rob:  It’s ironic that Mr. Morgan twice uses the phrase “inconvenient truth” to decry academic research funding. The phrase invokes Al Gore’s documentary of the same name - a documentary about the effects of climate change based on research often decried as irrelevant and low-quality by those who wish to see returns on investment. And indeed, it is the inconvenient truths - and the unexpected truths and yes, possibly even the unmarketable truths - that are revealed by academic science funded by governments. Research into convenient truths are properly - and effectively - funded by private industry. [...] [...] By Rob:  It’s ironic that Mr. Morgan twice uses the phrase “inconvenient truth” to decry academic research funding. The phrase invokes Al Gore’s documentary of the same name – a documentary about the effects of climate change based on research often decried as irrelevant and low-quality by those who wish to see returns on investment. And indeed, it is the inconvenient truths – and the unexpected truths and yes, possibly even the unmarketable truths – that are revealed by academic science funded by governments. Research into convenient truths are properly – and effectively – funded by private industry. [...]

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