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What Have the Humanities Ever Done For Us?
Ian Donaldson

“The case for public funding of scientific and technological research in Australia, as in most countries in the world, is generally regarded as self-evident and axiomatic. Without sustained and curiosity-driven research, as everyone knows, bridges might well fall down, cheap fuels remain undiscovered, new viruses spread unchecked from country to country. Even quite unusual experiments …”