Who needs a real expert when you have a crypto bro?
The National Science Foundation — which developed tech such as the literal internet — now has a 23-year-old to veto funding to projects he doesn't understand. That's DOGE's Zachary Terrell, who can barely pretend to pay attention in meetings. Anyway, this is who's deciding which grants go forward — some guy with no experience in anything except getting a company acquired by Coinbase. Scientific experts? Those are a luxury for functioning countries.
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