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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Misdirected research and development

Misdirected research and development

  • Disproportionate investment in defence research

Broader

Irrelevant scientific activity
Presentable

Narrower

Misappropriation of resources for high cost research projects
Excellent
Abusive experimentation on humans
Excellent
Imbalanced research activity
Presentable
Competitive development of new weapons
Presentable
Abusive collection of human genetic material
Unpresentable
Inhumane scientific activity
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Disproportionate involvement of scientists in defence research
Presentable
Deceptive misuse of research
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Abuse of science
Presentable
Obsolete defence planning
Unpresentable

Strategy

Coordinating production research and development
Presentable
Increasing government regulations
Yet to rate

Value

Undeveloped
Yet to rate
Underdevelopment
Yet to rate
Overdevelopment
Yet to rate
Misdirection
Yet to rate
Disproportion
Yet to rate
Development
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Commerce » Investment
  • Research, standards » Research
  • Defence » Defence
  • Development » Development
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
     Yet to rate
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J3860
    DOCID
    12038600
    D7NID
    148454
    Last update
    Nov 28, 2022