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Bob Murphy Show - Pushing Back Against Neil deGrasse Tyson on Science Funding

September 19, 2026·59 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Adam Haman returns to help Bob dissect Neil deGrasse Tyson's recent complaints about the lack of government funding for science.Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:The YouTube version of this episode.Neil deGrasse Tyson laments science funding.The Bell Labs paper that laid out the Kelly criterion. Kealey's case against public funding of science. The myth of basic science. Bundt & Murphy test Mandelbrot's hypothesis for residual economic variables.This episode’s sponsor, The Scott Horton Academy.The HamanNature substack.Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

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