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中国的最新发展, A place to learn about China, Chinese and China's latest developments, (Reddit's Sino)

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这是一个专门讨论中国、中国文化、中国语言和中国人的论坛。

~This~ ~is~ ~a~ ~forum~ ~dedicated~ ~to~ ~China,~ ~Chinese~ ~culture,~ ~Chinese~ ~language,~ ~and~ ~Chinese~ ~people,~ ~and~ ~China's~ ~latest~ ~developments.~

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~Rules~


需要翻译英文吗?讨厌谷歌?
~Need~ ~to~ ~translate~ ~Chinese?~

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~Welcome~ ~Wiki~

~FAQ~

~China~ ~Guides~


这个论坛目前由一个不会说中文的人主持,他不是共产党员,而是一个反帝国主义、反附庸国的欧盟联邦主义者,他似乎在任何地方都找不到立足点,因为他国家的所有政党都是亲美附庸国的,所以暂时居住在这里。

~This~ ~forum~ ~is~ ~currently~ ~moderated~ ~by~ ~someone~ ~that~ ~does~ ~not~ ~speak~ ~Chinese~ ~and~ ~is~ ~not~ ~a~ ~communist,~ ~but~ ~an~ ~anti-imperialist,~ ~multi-polarist~ ~EU~ ~federalist~ ~that~ ~can't~ ~seem~ ~to~ ~find~ ~a~ ~foothold~ ~anywhere,~ ~as~ ~all~ ~political~ ~parties~ ~in~ ~his~ ~country~ ~are~ ~pro-US~ ~vassal~ ~state,~ ~so~ ~resides~ ~here~ ~for~ ~the~ ~time~ ~being.~

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[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Coordinated state driven research is pulling ahead of the market driven free for all approach, who would've thunk it!

[–] Comprehensive49@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty much all fundamental research is state funded, both in socialist and capitalist countries. Basic research is quite unprofitable, as only 1 in a couple hundred discoveries might be immediately scalable for money. It's kinda insane how the West loves to brag about capitalist innovation even though their advances literally wouldn't exist without direct state funding.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 year ago

Exactly, and it's pretty obvious why this must be the case when you think about it. Fundamental research typically doesn't have any direct application making it difficult to say how and when it can be monetized. Companies exist to create profit for the owners, so it's difficult for a company to justify investing huge amounts of resources into research that may produce results that could be turned into profit at some far point in the future.