MAGA anti-science and public dissatisfaction with science - public surveys as input to funding priorities

The GOP/MAGA opposition to science is based on theocracy, class resentment, future shock, social and economic despair, and on not understanding how to use a 2025 phone (which is a bigger problem than you think). That doesn't mean it's wrong. I have worked in medical and IT related academia, industry, and government. I have seen important topics go unexplored -- because governmental research…