roguetk422
roguetk422 t1_jcwti4w wrote
Reply to comment by 1714alpha in The National Science Foundation got so much extra funding, it has to reorganize by 458339
The internet was started by the DOD to streamline data sharing primarily for the purpose of intelligence gathering on the USSR, then expanded by the NSF when its developmental implications became more clear.
This expansion in funding is primarily motivated by chip manufacturing and industrial competition with China so yeah its leveraging resources in a conflict but a shit load of our steps forward as a species have come out of such circumstances
roguetk422 t1_je1mjf1 wrote
Reply to comment by Jean-Rasczak in Study finds that methane creates cooling clouds that offset 30% of the heat, which means methane has a lower effect on climate change than previously thought by Theranosissus
War crime apologist detected