Research

That is an interesting question @zoffiel and I'm sure these days it has parallels throughout research.  No longer does the scientist follow a promising path but one that is defined by the dollars it is likely to be turned into.  I can't remember which pollie said that last year about Uni research grants - may have been Turnbull.  So we now have a narrowly defined structure under which researchers can go about finding stuff out.  On one hand, it may seem to make economic sense (Oh hail the god, Economics) but think of all the things we are missing that aren't profit making.  And I may be cynical, and this is a purely personal view, but since when have the big bucks been spent on women?  Before anyone else says anything, I do know that men get breast cancer but the numbers are overwhelmingly about women.