Taxacom: grovelling for funding

[John Grehan]

Since the issue and nature of funding as a 'competition' periodically
emerges on this list, and in general, I thought the quote below from a 2008
article might amuse some, especially on the nature of efficiency. Link to
the original article for anyone so interested is
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Amazing what is buried in the literature at times.

"The Lepidoptera unit settled into a three person team, Ian
as scientist, an experimental officer (Ted Edwards) and
an assistant (most notably Vanna Rangsi), which
achieved an efficiency now no longer possible when
scientists have to grovel for funding and assistants are
seen as short-term and dispensable."

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