Weinstein: Mansfield Amendment Banned Military Funding for Blue-Sky University Research
Eric Weinstein · Eric Weinstein: The State of American Science, Breakthrough Coverups, and the Danger of Physics · Aug 27, 2026 · at 16:54
Mathematical physicist Eric Weinstein discusses the historical shift in American academic science funding with host David Friedberg.
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“The Mansfield amendment in six, nine, 71 named after Mike Mansfield of Montana said, okay, the military can no longer fund blue sky research inside of our university system, unless it has a direct military express military purpose.”
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