Misdistribution of resources (Score 2, Interesting)

If the sci-edge is being lost, I think it is due to misdistribution - but not the kind commented on by the submitter. Hard science now has to compete with many softer and ambiguously useful softer sciences. For instance, I am in cardio Epi, and our studies take enormous amounts of money, but continue to yield marginally smaller and less significant results (the big results were probably found from 1945-1985). Yet, they still are funded for amazing amounts. Behavioral epi studies are even more expensive, and very often yield anything but null results. Yet, money keeps flowing. So, harder sciences must compete with these fields and many others that are interesting, but do not help us keep our edge.