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Yes. I have not worked in industrial research, only at universities and govt agencies. But I have good friends in biotech, pharma, and Silicon Valley, and the stories I hear from them have done as much as the theory of public goods to convince me of the vital importance of NIH and NSF.
Joshua G. SchraiberNothing convinced me more of the importance of publicly funded basic research more than my time in industry.