So this comment appears on every single thread on FR relating to a scientific discovery (in other cases, ususally with the implication scientists are just randomly making up information in hopes of getting funding.)
Scientists publish their results, and the interesting results are picked up and reported by the scientific media. Scientists that generate more interesting results get more funding than those that don't, just like Lawyers that win a lot of cases get more money than those that don't, realtors that sell more houses than others, chefs that make better food, etc.
I don't understand why scientists are somehow inherently more greedy or corrupted by the almighty dollar.
Nobody becomes a planetary scientist to make money - going through almost a decade of expensive education, at least, the majority end up with salaries trivial compared to doctors, lawyers, and b-school graduates.
The funding comments are mostly reserved for the quack science articles, which clearly this is not.
That said, the funding comment may also be entering into FR lore, along with "All your base" and "I'd hit it" and "Not Guilty" as a throwaway comment just to be the first to say it.
-PJ
I use to work in a scientific community. The VLA. Ever hear of it.
I’ve seen “science” twisted for political gain over and over again. Ever hear of Global Warming?
This particular rock discovery just happens to be one of those discoveries that seems suspicious. Finding a rock on earth that happens to be from Mars pushes the realm of Art Bell. Is there a made in Mars stamp on the bottom of said rock?
The last time we had a rock (found in Antarctica ~1995) from Mars was soon discredited and the particular department was scheduled to be unfunded.