The federal government seems determined to spend money on scientific research, and the general public seems to approve of every such project, without regard to the limitations of government set forth in the Constitution, or the lack of an end product. This is partly due to apathy and a lack of cognitive thinking skills on the part of the average taxpayer. Some of the blame also goes to TV "journalists" who report everything the government does without ever questioning the wisdom or the cost.

The most famous multi-billion-dollar government research projects include the Superconducting Super Collider (partially completed, then abandoned, near Waxahachie, Texas), and the Hubble Space Telescope. If you ask a government official about the purpose of these (or any of several other) multi-billion dollar projects, the answer always includes something about trying to "develop a theory about the origin of the universe". In fact, the whole purpose of the "basic research" in projects of this kind is to disprove the Bible's story of creation, which is at the very least a "theory about the origin of the universe", and is widely available at little or no cost.