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From: will@rins.ryukoku.ac.jp (will)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.visualization
Subject: Re: Out of the lab, into the classroom
Summary: reply
Keywords: reuse fabulous
Message-ID: <221@rins.ryukoku.ac.jp>
Date: 6 Apr 91 06:39:44 GMT
References: <1991Apr2.202227.13796@agate.berkeley.edu> <18252@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> <1991Apr5.212903.8978@nas.nasa.gov>
Organization: Ryukoku Univ., Seta, Japan
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In article <1991Apr5.212903.8978@nas.nasa.gov>, eugene@nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya) writes:
>Do you mean the US government or the Japanese (jp) government?

	The U.S. government.  My argument was related to a story I read about
Dr. E. A. Feigenbaum.  The story was very negative about him, stating that he
had made A.I. appear to be much more than everyone was able to accomplish, by
creating super-hype for congress and other government officials, in order to
finance A.I. research.  The story went on to state that with all of his hype he
eventually led gov. officials to believe that they were missled and so A.I.
effectivly died.

>The basic infrastructure of science in the US tends to fund large projects
>(Big Science).  Examples include: particle accelerators, telescopes,
>space missions, and recently supercomputers and the idea we might completely
>map a human gene.  Of late these projects are multi-$1B.
>

	Particle accel. and supercomputers have military applications so it is
resonable to expect funding.  As far as space missions and telescopes (I will
assume you mean Hubble).  I don't think the government thinks any more of outer
space as they do the empty space between thier ears.  Word has it that in the
next budget congress will cut 1 Billon dollars from NASA.  And congress had
almost killed Hubble many times in the past.  Mapping a human gene, well, yes,
the U.S. is involved, but I ask some proffesors here and they say most of this
is being done outside the U.S.  So, were is this dream of Big Science?  The
U.S. economy can no longer fund Science or Basic Research,  that is why our
President goes to Japan to beg for money.  So you can keep your Job.

                                        William Dee Rieken
                                        Researcher, Computer Visualization
                                        Faculty of Science and Technology
                                        Ryukoku University
                                        Seta, Otsu 520-21,
                                        Japan

                                        Tel: 0775-43-7418(direct)
                                        Fax: 0775-43-7749
                                        will@rins.ryukoku.ac.jp

The Japan Times:
The Japanese own over 80 Billion dollars of U.S. land. (buildings not incl.)