I do science because it’s exciting and fun and challenging. I particularly like supermassive black holes because they are extreme and energetic, and I can study physics that people can’t see “in the lab”. These aren’t the sorts of motivations that go over well with business-oriented, bean-counting government agencies, however. So here’s what I would share with them to justify supporting people like me:
(Full disclosure: One of the authors of this article, Marissa Rosenberg, worked with me as an undergrad at UCLA. She will be visiting to give an Astronomy Seminar in early December.)
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