August 9, 2024
Research Funding
In the past, very few resources were sufficient, whereas now experiments are
becoming increasingly complicated and therefore costly. However, it is also true
that the great discoveries were made by Westerners when they cost little or
nothing (from Galileo to modern physics) and that even now, research expenses
are a modest percentage of income. So, it is a matter of mindset, of the
political and economic system, in short, of civilization, and not merely
financial means: the wealthy Gulf countries prefer Cadillacs to research.