G+_Robert Hafer Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Who knew that maker spaces were discriminatory. http://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-spend-599905-addressing-intersectionality-engineering/ http://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-spend-599905-addressing-intersectionality-engineering/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Randy Hudson Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Anything to waste taxpayer money on nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 If you've ever been in a makerspace / workshop and seen "Mansplaining" in action, you wouldn't think it was a waste of money. There are more ways to be discriminatory than simply kicking people out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Randy Hudson Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 I don't think makerspaces are a waste of money by any means, and mansplaining is unfortunate. But I do think that 90+% of government funded studies are. They spend a lot of time and money and generally do not return useful data conmensurate to the amount spent. Thus, a waste of money. ~just one man's opinion Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Harry Maciolek Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 That's our government, aching to spend our last dollar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 The uberGeek's credo: "Garbage in. Garbage out." You can't make intelligent decisions if you don't have the data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Harry Maciolek Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Perhaps the Vatican could fund the study. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Or... You know... Our government could do what it needs to do to make good policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Randy Hudson Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ It's nice to have a dream ? But seriously, I simply do not believe our government is qualified to spend our tax dollars. They have proven time and time again to be the poster child of inefficiency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Harry Maciolek Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Sorry Father, the governments broke. Perhaps the Maker community could fund it. Either way makers will pay. Someone has to pay for the reports to the government that will be required when they start regulating makers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Harry Maciolek The government ISN'T broke... That's a narrative from political figures who like to prey on people's fears. As for the study: Do you know how much good has come from government studies? Sure, some of them SOUND strange (like the proposal to spend millions of dollars to look at sunspots), but some of them end up being REALLY important. (like the aforementioned study of sunspots, which stopped WWIII from happening back in the 60's) To take the advantages of such studies while demonizing the ones you think are useless is akin to proclaiming that only YOU know what is worth studying... or worse, is saying: "I don't mind spending money on government studies, but only the ones that will eventually turn out to be useful" (Which, of course, you can't know until the study is done and disseminated.) As a geek... I'm all for knowledge. Sorry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Randy Hudson Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Fair enough. As I said previously, my opinions are simply that. My opinions. You have yours as well. Nothing wrong with that. ad tua propria sit verum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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