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When military funding is the only way to continue your research

My physics research has military applications and the Pentagon wants to fund my next project but taking their money feels like complicity in violence even though civilian funding is almost impossible to get.

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The only real funding for your research comes from the military, and taking it feels like helping cause harm.

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