Japan has proposed a joint fund between the summit members to support science and technology.
However, we don't support science merely because it is productive.
The driving force of this movement is science or the culture that supports science.
They have no infrastructure to support science, engineering, procurement, or training.
But he also conceded the Administration had so far failed to support small science to the extent it wished.
We have built a base of knowledge about cancer by supporting basic science and clinical research.
In supporting academic science, society gets amazing quality and service for a relatively small investment.
He said that the medical centers would probably have to rely more heavily on drug companies to support basic science.
"I would hate to support bad science," he said.
But how else would you support abstract science, except by patronage?