Most ‘scientists’ we know agrees with the above tweet forwarded by professor Brown. Dr. Peter Slavin, who wrote the quote, is the President of Mass General Hospital. Raymond DuBois is the Executive Director of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University & Past President of American Association for Cancer Research.
Most ‘scientists’ would also argue that when the economy is strong and excess taxes are pouring into government coffers, government should invest that largess in science by increasing NIH or NSF funding. They argued so 14 years back.
Moral of the story?