| Control of Scientific Funding |
Logical Fallacy of Appeal to Control of Scientific FundingThe Logical Fallacy of Appeal to Control of Scientific Funding occurs when the lack of government scientific funding is used as evidence against any who threaten that are sacred cows of those who control the funding. This is a form of circular reasoning. Examples of the Logical Fallacy of Appeal to Control of Scientific FundingThose who control the funding will fund only those projects with which they agree. That proves nothing about either the projects with which they agree or with which they disagree.
Funding is tightly controlled by such a small group of opinionated people. Disagreeing with them will assure that you do not get funding. 
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