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RE: On the Gridcoin Whitelist, and Where to Draw the Line
Great post. Disclosure: I did indeed vote to delist Moo! Wrapper. However, for those of you worried about an all-out witch hunt on other BOINC projects, let it henceforth be known:
I will staunchly support even the so-called "less-useful" projects like Collatz and SETI. Although pretty dang speculative, a positive result on one of these projects would have huge implications. Not only that, but negative results from these projects would be useful too -- not detecting E.T. despite decades-long searches would be an important empirical observation.
High-risk, high-return research gets little to no funding from governments and corporations. That is why Gridcoin and BOINC are needed to support these kinds of projects.
Great point. The ongoing running of these projects i meaningful even if they are never brought to a satisfying conclusion.