Great interview. I don't have any definitive evidence, but I was surprised the revolt of the public didn't come up as a potential explanation for reduced public support for scientific funding. Presumably, the bulk of funding is going to either a government agency or academia. Neither of those groups have much public trust now, and academia in particular is perceived as rich (people always think academia equals Harvard, not the University of Iowa). Medical research is likely its own class of problems because, why fund research just for pharmaceutical companies to get rich e.g. semaglutide?
Great interview. I don't have any definitive evidence, but I was surprised the revolt of the public didn't come up as a potential explanation for reduced public support for scientific funding. Presumably, the bulk of funding is going to either a government agency or academia. Neither of those groups have much public trust now, and academia in particular is perceived as rich (people always think academia equals Harvard, not the University of Iowa). Medical research is likely its own class of problems because, why fund research just for pharmaceutical companies to get rich e.g. semaglutide?