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In case you missed it, here is last week's column that sparked this week's discussion.

In many ways it comes down to how we finance our industrial revolutions. Notice the irony here that this academic no longer supports the idea of students writing on this subject because the Internet has made that material too easy to steal.

Here's how to get a grant from the National Science Foundation. Having read it, I came away pretty discouraged. Maybe Richard is right.

According to this Harvard academic, if you want money for scientific research, it is best to ask for a LOT of it.

What is wrong with science? This author thinks reality is over-rated.