Jeroen van Baar, PhD @jeroenvanbaar.nl · 29/01/2025Now that the leader of the free world has put his boot on the garden hose of knowledge, some might be wondering why we spend our money on research anyway. At the risk of stating the obvious, here are a few examples: 🧪 23213
Jeroen van Baar, PhD @jeroenvanbaar.nl · 29/01/20251) our beloved AI chatbots only exists because of NSF-funded basic neuroscience research in the 1980s; www.goldengooseaward.org/01awardees/pdp 180
Jeroen van Baar, PhD @jeroenvanbaar.nl · 29/01/20252) the monoclonal antibody treatment Trump received for his covid-19 infection in 2020 was developed by Renegeron with a $611 million grant from the department of Health and Human Services, not to mention all the NIH-funded basic research that made it possible; www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A... 180
