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Private money cannot replace public funding of science (www.science.org)
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[–] 1dalm@lemmings.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Can't or won't?

[–] aviationeast@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

If I had a billion dollars, I would be funding at least a few mad scientists, so let's go with won't.

[–] Insekticus@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago

I'd say "shouldn't" or we have pieces of shit like Epstein funding scientists working on eugenics projects and and Monsanto ghost-writing papers saying that their products "definitely don't" cause cancer and they're extremely fine to use, trust me bro.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The privatization scam is what led to fascism

[–] berg@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Private money cannot replace public funding ~~of science~~

Ftfy