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Yeah that is potentially true. Many of these types won't let morals or ethics get in the way of making money. They just aren't too keen on spending money on th
by jpgvm 10y ago
Yeah that is potentially true. Many of these types won't let morals or ethics get in the way of making money.
They just aren't too keen on spending money on the good of mankind however.
- cmdrfred 10y ago>They just aren't too keen on spending money on the good of mankind however. What if they cut your taxes? Then you can spend your money on anything you think might benefit mankind instead.
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoThat doesn't follow. If the government cuts taxes but at the same time prohibits an activity I can't then use the money I've saved by paying less tax on that banned activity. For some things it does work. I could spend the money on recreational drugs, for example, because they are available, however I don't personally know any stem cell therapy practitioners, nor any who are prepared to flout the law. Edit: removed a word because it made a sentence ambiguous
- gtaylor 10y agoLuckily, I think this is one of those cases where investing in this particular field will be good for humanity _and_ profitable. Hopefully not $900 Epi Pen profitable, though...
- jpgvm 10y ago@cmdrfred I don't really know where is the best area to invest in, personally I prefer to just pay my taxes and have a government in place that either consists of or consults with the appropriate experts. In Australia we are fairly lucky in this regard, our government is 'mostly' good, for some value of mostly at least. I'm not saying it couldn't be more efficient but definitely more efficient than research institutions needing to market to the broad public for funding.
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoHello fellow Australian. Tip: if you don't see a reply link on the comment you want to reply to try clicking on the time stamp link to the right of the commenters username, the reply comment box should then appear on a new page.
- jpgvm 10y agoThanks! I didn't know it worked that way, that seems.. unintuitive to say the least heh.
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoI've not read any explanation as to why it is that way, only that it is. Such is life.
- clort 10y agoReply link does not appear straight away. In the time it took for you to read comments and click the specific link, enough time had passed so that the reply link was available
- eric_h 10y agoI believe there's a delay in place before you can reply to a reply to your own comment (presumably to force you to breathe a bit if you're potentially about to engage in a flame war).