Explain what the supporters of the wisconsin idea hoped to achieve by bringing in experts and applying scientific ideas to government.

The supporters of the Wisconsin idea wanted universities and governments to support one another, in order to make sure that universities had the proper funding and accessibility to make their research benefit everyone in society. This meant that governments should fund university research and other costs, and that universities should devote this research to problems that would benefit society to solve. 

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