Pentagon Programs, Including Project Minerva, Draw on Social Science Research

question 62

Multiple Choice

Pentagon programs, including Project Minerva, draw on social science research to learn about national security threats. Why do social scientists object to the military determining which research projects are worth funding?

• A) because the military budget is already overextended
• B) because the military has higher ethical standards than anthropologists
• C) because scholars favor a peer review system of choosing funded projects
• D) because the military might surpass anthropologists in cultural knowledge
• E) because government spending has no business overlapping with science

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