In the Austrian universities activities have just started that might
spread further quickly:
http://www.malen-nach-zahlen.at/?page_id=611
http://twitter.com/malennach
>Graham;
>
>
>Cue research grant proposal to measure the degree to which
>researching whether your research influences economy, public policy
>or society accurately reflects the value of its influence on
>economy, public policy or society, or the degree to which it is
>pointless...
>
>
>I would like to know what the largest long-term effect on society
>that the outcome of a research project deemed pointless under these
>rules could have is. I propose this research be started with a
>analysis of existing literature on the effects of research deemed
>irrelevant at the time.
>
>
>I also propose research into the effects on the mindset of
>researchers of these proposed rules. I wonder whether the proposed
>rules would deem that a relevant area for research, worthy of a
>grant, but then I often get the impression that lawmakers aren't the
>type who will deem paradoxes cause to backtrack for a bit.
>
>Best of luck to our UK-based Researchers of Odd Things.
>Kas.
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