Accidental-Genius t1_is5v5d3 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 3:01 PM

Who funded this and why?

Tardigradelegs OP t1_is5vu63 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 3:06 PM

Bottom of study linked: Funding

This research was funded by a Human Frontier Science Program grant RGP0016/2019. C.N. was funded by a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship.

TheLastForestOnEarth t1_is68f6q wrote on October 13, 2022 at 4:29 PM

You worried about your tax dollars?

Exploring how smart fish can be, or whether or not they experience pain & suffering, might just be a fantastic use of tax dollars - it could end up reducing demand for seafood, which is in decline and threatened by global warming.

jungles_fury t1_is697gd wrote on October 13, 2022 at 4:34 PM

This type of research is valuable for cognition and dementia

TheLastForestOnEarth t1_is69wle wrote on October 13, 2022 at 4:39 PM

Hell yeah

Maybe goldfish have the cure for dementia hidden away, deep in their shallow little brains.

jungles_fury t1_is694qb wrote on October 13, 2022 at 4:34 PM

Cognition and memory are vital areas of research. Just because you're incapable of seeing the relevance of knowledge and applications doesn't make it irrelevant.

Bad_Name_Generator t1_is6garu wrote on October 13, 2022 at 5:20 PM

Boolean algebra was once considered useless because it had not real world application. Nowadays, most people have in their pocket a little device that wouldn't even exists if boolean algebra wasn't invented. You can never know if or when a discovery will have real world applications.