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	Why was the [[Mansfield Amendment (1969)\|Mansfield Amendment]] passed?		Why was the [[Mansfield Amendment (1969)\|Mansfield Amendment]] passed?

	Why did ~~'''~~NSF~~'''~~ fake a [[Labor Shortages\|labor shortage]] in our MARKET economy destroying American STEM labor markets?		Why did [[National Science Foundation (NSF)\|NSF]] fake a [[Labor Shortages\|labor shortage]] in our MARKET economy destroying American STEM labor markets?

	What stopped the [[General Relativity\|Golden Age Of General Relativity]]?		What stopped the [[General Relativity\|Golden Age Of General Relativity]]?

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	I) Independent breakthrough science is in a long wind down starting with the [[Mansfield Amendment (1969)\|Mansfield amendment]], and is being partially decommissioned. Why? Because it was found to be too powerful and redistributive.		I) Independent breakthrough science is in a long wind down starting with the [[Mansfield Amendment (1969)\|Mansfield amendment]], and is being partially decommissioned. Why? Because it was found to be too powerful and redistributive.

	II) The National Security and National Interest folks now use science, journalism, academe etc to dump their cognitive sludge. Epstein cover stories, UAP cover stories, Assasination cover stories, COVID cover stories, Inflation/Money Supply cover stories, etc. That is, the organs that kept us partially free in 1975 are now used to attack our ability to think, every day of our lives.		II) The National Security and National Interest folks now use science, journalism, academe etc to dump their cognitive sludge. [[Jeffrey Epstein\|Epstein]] cover stories, [[UAP\|UAP cover stories]], Assasination cover stories, COVID cover stories, Inflation/Money Supply cover stories, etc. That is, the organs that kept us partially free in 1975 are now used to attack our ability to think, every day of our lives.

	III) Anyone not going along with I) and II) sticks out like an absolute sore thumb and is targeted for “Image Cheapening”. This is abhorrent abuse of power.		III) Anyone not going along with I) and II) sticks out like an absolute sore thumb and is targeted for [[Image Cheapening\|“Image Cheapening”]]. This is abhorrent abuse of power.

	IV) @RepLuna isn’t stupid. If she can talk about Physical Law and “Interdimensional beings”, she can place a phone call or two to our physicists or differential geometers/topologists. I’m happy to help direct her to good folks.		IV) @RepLuna isn’t stupid. If she can talk about Physical Law and “Interdimensional beings”, she can place a phone call or two to our physicists or differential geometers/topologists. I’m happy to help direct her to good folks.

	V) The UFO community is way too recreational. What ever is hidden behind the UAP curtain is serious business. It involved high level physics as recently as 50 years ago. Then that connection got buried. I just don’t know what this about. And I have zero proof it involves aliens or interdimensional beings.		V) The [[UAP\|UFO]] community is way too recreational. What ever is hidden behind the [[UAP]] curtain is serious business. It involved high level physics as recently as 50 years ago. Then that connection got buried. I just don’t know what this about. And I have zero proof it involves aliens or interdimensional beings.

	VI) Adults who would never discuss the Tooth Fairy in public should not discuss alien equivalents of the Tooth Fairy. Alien life and higher dimensions are both super serious subjects to me. And they would be too you too if this wasn’t made into a cheap farce. Space opera is just dumping cognitive sludge in the middle of a central scientific question. And I don’t take kindly to it.		VI) Adults who would never discuss the Tooth Fairy in public should not discuss alien equivalents of the Tooth Fairy. Alien life and higher dimensions are both super serious subjects to me. And they would be too you too if this wasn’t made into a cheap farce. Space opera is just dumping cognitive sludge in the middle of a central scientific question. And I don’t take kindly to it.

	VII) I personally believe there are 4+6=10 =(d2 + d)/2 for d=1+3 additional dimensions available for travel. But that would make US**….humans….just as interdimensional as alien life. And we don’t evaluate any such ideas for our own travel. We just run out the clock listening to decades of the same 20 Octogenarians and Septuagenarians discussing how they are going to solve “Quantum Gravity” when they grow up. And we let them destroy all competitors so they can take down the field of theoretical physics and die in piece pretending they were the “Only Game In Town”. Which is total pure unadulterated anti-scientific bullshit. Think about it.		VII) I personally believe there are 4+6=10 =(d2 + d)/2 for d=1+3 additional dimensions available for travel. But that would make US**….humans….just as interdimensional as alien life. And we don’t evaluate any such ideas for our own travel. We just run out the clock listening to decades of the same 20 Octogenarians and Septuagenarians discussing how they are going to solve [[Quantum Gravity\|“Quantum Gravity”]] when they grow up. And we let them destroy all competitors so they can take down the field of theoretical physics and die in piece pretending they were the [[The Only Game in Town (TOGIT)\|“Only Game In Town”]]. Which is total pure unadulterated anti-scientific bullshit. Think about it.

	VIII) Nobody but nobody is this dumb. Not even the government on its worst day. This is national security cognitive sludge being dumped into science. We are 40+ years into a string theory fairy tale about “Quantum Gravity” without asking “Is this all bullshit?”		VIII) Nobody but nobody is this dumb. Not even the government on its worst day. This is national security cognitive sludge being dumped into science. We are 40+ years into a string theory fairy tale about [[Quantum Gravity\|“Quantum Gravity”]] without asking “Is this all bullshit?”

	IX) Science needs to be in a dialogue with NatSec. And it needs to tell them to play nice and cut it out or we use our vast tools to figure out what is going on because this COVID level bullshit is too dumb to be believed. We are just one or two rogue billionaires away from being able to immunize our scientists from USG cutting off all funds and destroying their reputations. Breakaway science in the public interest. It can take as few as one personal fortune in the service of science to cure this. Just one. This whole post-WWII		IX) Science needs to be in a dialogue with NatSec. And it needs to tell them to play nice and cut it out or we use our vast tools to figure out what is going on because this COVID level bullshit is too dumb to be believed. We are just one or two rogue billionaires away from being able to immunize our scientists from USG cutting off all funds and destroying their reputations. Breakaway science in the public interest. It can take as few as one personal fortune in the service of science to cure this. Just one. This whole post-WWII
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	X) Lying about COVID and UAP is a modified NIMBY issue for all scientists: Not in our back yard(s). I’m just tired of scientists and technical folks being fed cognitive sludge by NatSec and national interest types we can’t see. Interdimensional or otherwise.		X) Lying about COVID and UAP is a modified NIMBY issue for all scientists: Not in our back yard(s). I’m just tired of scientists and technical folks being fed cognitive sludge by NatSec and national interest types we can’t see. Interdimensional or otherwise.
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			But isn’t it a little much to expect a politician to not speak plainly on a podcast but use “scientifically precise” terms?

			Regarding the propaganda element of all this, here’s what I believe. The level of discourse recently about UAP’s and potential alien activity is refreshing whether or not it’s murky.

			The fact that we have Government officials going on record to validate that SOMETHING is out there is progress.

			Compared to a decade ago where people were demonized and destroyed for even speaking out about this, I see progress.

			Respectfully. 🙏🏽
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	== Interpretation ==		== Interpretation ==

	The timing and scope of these changes suggest that the Mansfield Amendment, combined with subsequent policies (e.g., the [[Eilberg Amendment (1976)\|1976 Eilberg Amendment]], the [[Bayh-Dole Act (1980)\|1980 Bayh-Dole Act]] enabling patenting of federally funded research, [[IMMACT90]], and the 1993 Superconducting Super Collider cancellation), restructured incentives in academic science, turning universities into patent factories dependent on cheap foreign labor, killing mandatory retirement so risk-averse elders could block new ideas, and ensuring no new big-science instrument would ever again threaten the controlled stagnation. The result has been a prolonged period — now over 50 years — of limited fundamental breakthroughs in the fields most directly affected by the 1969–1973 funding restrictions, despite growth in overall R&D spending, computational resources, and the global scientific workforce.		The timing and scope of these changes suggest that the Mansfield Amendment, combined with subsequent policies (e.g., the [[Eilberg Amendment (1976)\|1976 Eilberg Amendment]], the [[Bayh-Dole Act (1980)\|1980 Bayh-Dole Act]] enabling patenting of federally funded research, [[IMMACT90]], and the [[SSC Cancelation (1993)\|1993 Superconducting Super Collider cancellation]]), restructured incentives in academic science, turning universities into patent factories dependent on cheap foreign labor, killing mandatory retirement so risk-averse elders could block new ideas, and ensuring no new big-science instrument would ever again threaten the controlled stagnation. The result has been a prolonged period — now over 50 years — of limited fundamental breakthroughs in the fields most directly affected by the 1969–1973 funding restrictions, despite growth in overall R&D spending, computational resources, and the global scientific workforce.

	This pattern indicates a transition from a system tolerant of high-variance, exploratory research from independent, secure scientists with true [[Academic Freedom]] to one favoring reproducible, consensus-driven advances from docile, pliant and [[The Precariat\|precarious]] STEM labor — a shift initiated decisively by the Mansfield Amendment's redefinition of permissible military support for basic science.		This pattern indicates a transition from a system tolerant of high-variance, exploratory research from independent, secure scientists with true [[Academic Freedom]] to one favoring reproducible, consensus-driven advances from docile, pliant and [[The Precariat\|precarious]] STEM labor — a shift initiated decisively by the Mansfield Amendment's redefinition of permissible military support for basic science.

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	From 1945 to 1969, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) served as a primary sponsor of unrestricted basic research in universities, particularly in physics, mathematics, materials science, and computer science. Agencies such as the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA, established 1958), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), and the Army Research Office provided long-term funding with minimal requirements for immediate applicability. This support enabled high-risk, curiosity-driven work, including developments in quantum field theory, general relativity, and early computing. Historians of science, such as Daniel Kevles and Paul Forman, have described this period as one of exceptional productivity in fundamental physics, supported by annual DoD basic research obligations that reached hundreds of millions of dollars (in then-year terms).		From 1945 to 1969, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) served as a primary sponsor of unrestricted basic research in universities, particularly in physics, mathematics, materials science, and computer science. Agencies such as the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA, established 1958), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), and the Army Research Office provided long-term funding with minimal requirements for immediate applicability. This support enabled high-risk, curiosity-driven work, including developments in quantum field theory, general relativity, and early computing. Historians of science, such as Daniel Kevles and Paul Forman, have described this period as one of exceptional productivity in fundamental physics, supported by annual DoD basic research obligations that reached hundreds of millions of dollars (in then-year terms).

	'''[https://www.gao.gov/assets/b-167034-d12080.pdf The Mansfield Amendment]''' (Section 203 of Public Law 91-121, enacted November 1969 and effective for FY1970) required that DoD-funded research demonstrate "a direct and apparent relationship to a specific military function or operation." This provision effectively prohibited support for purely basic research without clear, short-term military relevance. Subsequent legislation softened some restrictions, but the core change persisted.		'''[https://www.gao.gov/assets/b-167034-d12080.pdf The Mansfield Amendment]''' (Section 203 of Public Law 91-121, enacted November 1969 and effective for FY1970) required that DoD-funded research demonstrate "a direct and apparent relationship to a specific military function or operation." This provision effectively prohibited support for purely basic research without clear, short-term military relevance. Subsequent legislation softened some restrictions, but the core change persisted.

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	From 1945 to 1969, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) served as a primary sponsor of unrestricted basic research in universities, particularly in physics, mathematics, materials science, and computer science. Agencies such as the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA, established 1958), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), and the Army Research Office provided long-term funding with minimal requirements for immediate applicability. This support enabled high-risk, curiosity-driven work, including developments in quantum field theory, general relativity, and early computing. Historians of science, such as Daniel Kevles and Paul Forman, have described this period as one of exceptional productivity in fundamental physics, supported by annual DoD basic research obligations that reached hundreds of millions of dollars (in then-year terms).		From 1945 to 1969, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) served as a primary sponsor of unrestricted basic research in universities, particularly in physics, mathematics, materials science, and computer science. Agencies such as the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA, established 1958), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), and the Army Research Office provided long-term funding with minimal requirements for immediate applicability. This support enabled high-risk, curiosity-driven work, including developments in quantum field theory, general relativity, and early computing. Historians of science, such as Daniel Kevles and Paul Forman, have described this period as one of exceptional productivity in fundamental physics, supported by annual DoD basic research obligations that reached hundreds of millions of dollars (in then-year terms).

	'''[https://www.gao.gov/assets/b-167034-d12080.pdf The Mansfield Amendment]''' (Section 203 of Public Law 91-121, enacted November 1969 and effective for FY1970) required that DoD-funded research demonstrate "a direct and apparent relationship to a specific military function or operation." This provision effectively prohibited support for purely basic research without clear, short-term military relevance. Subsequent legislation softened some restrictions, but the core change persisted.		'''[https://www.gao.gov/assets/b-167034-d12080.pdf The Mansfield Amendment]''' (Section 203 of Public Law 91-121, enacted November 1969 and effective for FY1970) required that DoD-funded research demonstrate "a direct and apparent relationship to a specific military function or operation." This provision effectively prohibited support for purely basic research without clear, short-term military relevance. Subsequent legislation softened some restrictions, but the core change persisted.

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	From 1945 to 1969, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) served as a primary sponsor of unrestricted basic research in universities, particularly in physics, mathematics, materials science, and computer science. Agencies such as the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA, established 1958), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), and the Army Research Office provided long-term funding with minimal requirements for immediate applicability. This support enabled high-risk, curiosity-driven work, including developments in quantum field theory, general relativity, and early computing. Historians of science, such as Daniel Kevles and Paul Forman, have described this period as one of exceptional productivity in fundamental physics, supported by annual DoD basic research obligations that reached hundreds of millions of dollars (in then-year terms).		From 1945 to 1969, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) served as a primary sponsor of unrestricted basic research in universities, particularly in physics, mathematics, materials science, and computer science. Agencies such as the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA, established 1958), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), and the Army Research Office provided long-term funding with minimal requirements for immediate applicability. This support enabled high-risk, curiosity-driven work, including developments in quantum field theory, general relativity, and early computing. Historians of science, such as Daniel Kevles and Paul Forman, have described this period as one of exceptional productivity in fundamental physics, supported by annual DoD basic research obligations that reached hundreds of millions of dollars (in then-year terms).

	'''[https://www.gao.gov/assets/b-167034-d12080.pdf The Mansfield Amendment]''' (Section 203 of Public Law 91-121, enacted November 1969 and effective for FY1970) required that DoD-funded research demonstrate "a direct and apparent relationship to a specific military function or operation." This provision effectively prohibited support for purely basic research without clear, short-term military relevance. Subsequent legislation softened some restrictions, but the core change persisted.		'''[https://www.gao.gov/assets/b-167034-d12080.pdf The Mansfield Amendment]''' (Section 203 of Public Law 91-121, enacted November 1969 and effective for FY1970) required that DoD-funded research demonstrate "a direct and apparent relationship to a specific military function or operation." This provision effectively prohibited support for purely basic research without clear, short-term military relevance. Subsequent legislation softened some restrictions, but the core change persisted.

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	== Related Pages ==		== Related Pages ==

			* [[Academic Freedom]]
	* [[Bayh-Dole Act (1980)]]		* [[Bayh-Dole Act (1980)]]
	* [[The Evolution of U.S. Science and Defense Research Policies]]		* [[The Evolution of U.S. Science and Defense Research Policies]]
	* [[Eilberg Amendment (1976)]]		* [[Eilberg Amendment (1976)]]
	* [[IMMACT90]]		* [[IMMACT90]]
			* [[National Academy of Sciences (NAS)]]
			* [[National Science Foundation (NSF)]]
			* [[SSC Cancelation (1993)]]
	* [[Science, The Endless Frontier (1945)]]		* [[Science, The Endless Frontier (1945)]]
	* [[Science Since Babylon]]		* [[Science Since Babylon]]
			* [[The Precariat]]

	== References ==		== References ==

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	Why was the [[Mansfield Amendment (1969)\|Mansfield Amendment]] passed?		Why was the [[Mansfield Amendment (1969)\|Mansfield Amendment]] passed?

	Why did ~~'''~~NSF~~'''~~ fake a [[Labor Shortages\|labor shortage]] in our MARKET economy destroying American STEM labor markets?		Why did [[National Science Foundation (NSF)\|NSF]] fake a [[Labor Shortages\|labor shortage]] in our MARKET economy destroying American STEM labor markets?

	What stopped the [[General Relativity\|Golden Age Of General Relativity]]?		What stopped the [[General Relativity\|Golden Age Of General Relativity]]?