{"id":20259,"date":"2025-10-01T22:39:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T22:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/?p=20259"},"modified":"2025-11-12T22:35:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:35:57","slug":"purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/ru\/purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Why And How And with Which Purpose Was NSF Destroyed in 2025?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"scien-4255711846\" class=\"scien-before-content scien-entity-placement\"><style>\r\n.amazon-support-link {\r\n    display: inline-flex;\r\n    align-items: baseline;\r\n    gap: 0.3rem;\r\n    padding: 0.35rem 0.55rem;\r\n    color: inherit;\r\n    font-size: 0.88rem;\r\n    line-height: 1.2;\r\n    text-decoration: none;\r\n    opacity: 0.72;\r\n    white-space: nowrap;\r\n    transition: opacity 0.2s ease;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.amazon-support-link:hover,\r\n.amazon-support-link:focus-visible {\r\n    opacity: 1;\r\n    text-decoration: underline;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.amazon-support-link small {\r\n    font-size: 0.65rem;\r\n    opacity: 0.7;\r\n}\r\n\r\n@media (max-width: 900px) {\r\n    .amazon-support-link small {\r\n        display: none;\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n<a class=\"amazon-support-link\"\r\n   href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/?tag=vpf04-20\"\r\n   target=\"_blank\"\r\n   rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\"\r\n   aria-label=\"Shop on Amazon and support World Science DAO\">\r\n    Shop on Amazon <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span>\r\n    <small>affiliate link<\/small>\r\n<\/a><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I originally wrote this article, Purpose I mistakenly stated that the National Science Foundation (NSF) had been destroyed. Later I learned from reliable news sources that the situation was actually a temporary U.S. government shutdown, not the elimination of the NSF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"837\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-10.png\" alt=\"Purpose\" class=\"wp-image-20719\" title=\"Purpose\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-10.png 837w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-10-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-10-768x438.png 768w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-10-575x328.png 575w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-10-380x217.png 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve decided to leave this article online for transparency and historical context, but it has been <strong>deindexed from search engines<\/strong> to avoid spreading incorrect information. Please read it as a record of my earlier thoughts rather than a factual statement about NSF\u2019s status.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today National Science Foundation collapsed with the following message on X:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Due to a lapse in government funding, NSF will not post content or respond to any comments\/replies until the government reopens.<\/p>&mdash; U.S. National Science Foundation (@NSF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NSF\/status\/1973344730407907773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 1, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everybody knows that the main actor who strove to close NSF was <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elon_Musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> who was upset by low-quality research spending taxpayers&#8217; money, woke and socialist agenda of universities. But <strong>probably<\/strong> I played a role in this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/ru\/purpose\/#My_Tweets\" >My Tweets<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/ru\/purpose\/#Why_I_Am_Against_NSF\" >Why I Am Against NSF<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/ru\/purpose\/#The_NSF_Replacement_Is_Ready\" >The NSF Replacement Is Ready<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"My_Tweets\"><\/span>My Tweets<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I posted a series of tweets targeting Elon Mask and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NSFfunded?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NSFfunded<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@elonmusk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> It is time to save science by liquidating <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NSF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NSF<\/a> (that competes against ordered semigroup actions, that is actively prevents new science teaching) and switch to <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6knj9j753k\">https:\/\/t.co\/6knj9j753k<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/science?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#science<\/a> money dissemination.<\/p>&mdash; Victor Porton (@victorporton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/victorporton\/status\/1887592807663088077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 6, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DOGE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@DOGE<\/a>! Look into this thread. That&#39;s really important for economy.<\/p>&mdash; Victor Porton (@victorporton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/victorporton\/status\/1887589352357962136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 6, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NSF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NSF<\/a> self-harms. For example they compete (for government money) against ordered semigroup actions, that is actively prevent teaching new science. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@elonmusk<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DOGE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@DOGE<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a>. Save <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mathematics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#mathematics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/math?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#math<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/science?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#science<\/a>.<\/p>&mdash; Victor Porton (@victorporton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/victorporton\/status\/1887589046026953023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 6, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@elonmusk<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> get a look at this thread.<\/p>&mdash; Victor Porton (@victorporton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/victorporton\/status\/1887584330672652509?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 6, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is a new way of doing science: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6knj9j7CSS\">https:\/\/t.co\/6knj9j7CSS<\/a> &#8211; get rid of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NSF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NSF<\/a>. Not <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NSFfunded?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NSFfunded<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NotAmerican?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NotAmerican<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Victor Porton (@victorporton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/victorporton\/status\/1887584046064279658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 6, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It would be better to liquidate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NSF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NSF<\/a> because they actively prevent teaching new science such as competing (with government) to my books on ordered semigroup actions. That&#39;s idiotic. Not <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NSFfunded?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NSFfunded<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NotAmerican?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NotAmerican<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Victor Porton (@victorporton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/victorporton\/status\/1887584043312583052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 6, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NSFfunded?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NSFfunded<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NSF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NSF<\/a> Professors are idiots. They don&#39;t re-publish ordered semigroup actions (half of world economy in like 30 years!), because they don&#39;t republish ANYTHING. Only an idiot can not pay for publication of an other&#39;s work, if it is half of world economy.<\/p>&mdash; Victor Porton (@victorporton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/victorporton\/status\/1887584040511021224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 6, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, probably I reached my purpose to propose to liquidate NSF to Ilon Musk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(I am not afraid to tell this, because once God said me that I won&#8217;t die. I will be taken to heaven like Enoch alive.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_I_Am_Against_NSF\"><\/span>Why I Am Against NSF<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I discovered in 2019 ordered semigroup actions and ordered semicategory actions (OSA). <a href=\"https:\/\/science.vporton.name\/2022\/09\/09\/why-algebraic-theory-of-general-topology-is-super-important\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">All math heuristic signs show that OSA are as important as group theory.<\/a> (I have done other, both related and unrelated, discoveries, too.) In other words OSA are likely to be like 1\/2 of world economy in, maybe, 30 years, if not account for AI (with AI it may happen faster).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I have been pushed out of a Russian university by religious discrimination, so not received science degree. For this reason, I can&#8217;t get a publication grant for my book (about OSA and related things). Publishing it in form of several articles is difficult, because it is a theory of many small theorems, rather than one big result. In other words, I was left without academia publicity. My book is only self-published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I queried NSF to receive this publication grant, but apparently <em>after<\/em> I queried them, they changed their publication rules, that 501(c)3 <em>registration<\/em> in the US became not enough, but required to operate in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, they (NSF) used government money to compete with a project, that having invested into it just a few thousands dollars, could raise world economy 2 times in 30 or so years. My project is important, because it is underrepresented: Cost of a cup of water in a wilderness is billion dollars, similarly the cost of my project is about equal all the rest world economy, because it is unpublished. Thus NSF harms. I decided, that it needs to be liquidated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other words, NSF is a government monopoly badly competing with its own suppliers. That needs to be crashed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_NSF_Replacement_Is_Ready\"><\/span>The NSF Replacement Is Ready<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But about the same time (earlier just for a few days), when NSF has been liquidated, I published my app <a href=\"\/ru\/ai-internet-socialism\/\">AI Internet-Meritocracy<\/a> that can replace NSF and research institutes, replacing them by an app. People, that&#8217;s a right time: My app is <a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/ru\/product-status\/\">ready to use<\/a> (except of having been not passed a security review yet). Just put money previously used by NSF to the wallet of my app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"scien-1478301590\" class=\"scien-after-content scien-entity-placement\"><section>\r\n\r\n<h2>Support Independent Science<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Supporting independent science is not only a matter of fairness to researchers whose expertise and work are often underfunded. It is also essential for addressing <a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/ru\/who-are-science-marketers\/\">systemic failures in scientific publishing<\/a> that delay discoveries and leave important results unnoticed. 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