It is very different being an entrepreneur in the business world. If you're successful - you get paid a lot more money, and get access to a lot more resources.
I don't understand why the NIH doesn't crack down on this kind of "redirection" (to put it kindly) of F&A money. I don't understand why more faculty don't question this, when they get emails like the one I just got telling them they will have to pay for this out of their own pockets.
I just met up with a friend of mine who teaches at a small(ish) western university. It was interesting how much our stories intersected about some of the job challenges
Science should not be about censorship or rigorous adherence to a given ideology. Instead, science is at its best when it consists of open exploration and testing of new ideas.