tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post4475022905537409100..comments2024-03-10T05:26:42.148-04:00Comments on My Biased Coin: Happiness Is...Michael Mitzenmacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738274256402616703noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-13783635659963087962012-09-10T15:29:48.257-04:002012-09-10T15:29:48.257-04:00I disagree that the NSF does a great job (though I...I disagree that the NSF does a great job (though I don't know whether the situation in Europe, or with other agencies, is better). <br /><br />It seems like so many people spend roughly as much time writing proposals as actually doing research. There is something perverse about that: it suggests to me that the "overhead" associated with being funded is far too high. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-61316856380939199602012-09-10T14:46:01.885-04:002012-09-10T14:46:01.885-04:00Anon #1: Certainly I'd have to agree that, on...Anon #1: Certainly I'd have to agree that, on the whole, the NSF does a great job. (I'm obviously biased, since they just funded me again.) I suppose one can argue at a societal level whether NSF gets "enough" money; I'd like there to be more, since there's non-trivial effort to get it. But getting that balance right -- enough money so that good researchers don't get frustrated, but not enough money so that it's too easy to get funding -- seems challenging. Michael Mitzenmacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02161161032642563814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-13294456777633437222012-09-10T14:34:49.164-04:002012-09-10T14:34:49.164-04:00I think the NSF's decision-making process is b...I think the NSF's decision-making process is better than any other funding agency I've seen (in the US, or in Europe). The main problem with the NSF is that Congress doesn't give it enough money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com