Jonathan S. Shapiro writes:
 > > Nonexistance is not disproof, of course.

 > For large-scale new work, though, I do not see how to get the work
 > funded.

Has anyone tried it?  It's easy to predict failure.  Most new ventures 
are accompanies by predictions of failure.

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