We should randomize investigators to an RO1 cap at 2 vs not and study the effects.

Current NIH RO1 grants are 20 pages of science and 80 pages of fluff.

That pretty much answers the question of why we don’t have teleportation devices or antigravity shoes. Common sense dictates that if you want to maximize scientific creativity, you find some bright people, give them the resources they need to pursue whatever idea comes into their heads, and then leave them alone for a while. Most will probably turn

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