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[–] [email protected] 303 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Sure, that's great but it's not even the point. Fundamental research and other type of "useless" scientific endeavors help humanity as a whole to better understand our universe but would never be privately funded because they don't have any concrete and immediate financial benefits. This is precisely what a government should finance, because no one else would do it and yet it's small stuff like that that make us collectively move forward as a species

[–] [email protected] 84 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Musk fans don't want humanity to advance. They hate technological progress.

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