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> Science is never cheap.

History disagrees. Some of the most fundamental discoveries were made using little more than junk laying around the scientist's laboratory.

You don't need a billion dollar budget to do important work. If you think you do, human civilization will stop developing because it's too busy applying for grants.

> Science is never cheap

I mean we got penicillin from moldy bread. "Never" is a strong word.

EDIT: It was from a moldy petri dish. The basic point still stands.

Science is only expensive because it's tied to the perverse incentives of capitalism.