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Old 11-20-2007, 02:32 PM
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Default Re: Weather Channel Founder says\"Global Warming is Biggest Scam in His

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There seems to me to be an implicit assumption that efficiency is very important. Clearly it is important, but only one of many factors that is used to take the measure of society. Even if government funded research is less efficient somehow, that isn't necessarily the be all and end all of the situation.

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Out of curiosity, what are the other factors?

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Levels of education, levels of health, lack of violence, freedom, cultural acheivements.
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