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AD Hominem fallacy - the status of someone has no relation to the outcome of a scientific experiment. That's not what the parent comment is arguing. The parent
by alexanderstears 9y ago
AD Hominem fallacy - the status of someone has no relation to the outcome of a scientific experiment.
That's not what the parent comment is arguing. The parent comment points out that research is expensive and not available equally to all groups.
The status of mom and pop doesn't effect the outcome of their research. Mom and pop weighing R&D against making their mortgage that month usually means they don't invest much in research.
- asdfasfhretwt 9y agoIf only there was a way that millions of mops and pops could club together to fund research into areas that might benefit them all...
- alexanderstears 9y agoIf there were a way we'd surely see them opt-into that arrangement.
- asdfasfhretwt 9y agoMany do via donations to charities.
- denzil_correa 9y agoThe grand parent comment does venture in that territory the moment the commentator says this > And I sure as hell won't trust any mom and pop research about pharmacology. Regardless of Mom and Pop store investments, the outcome of scientific experiments don't depend on who does the experiments.
- alexanderstears 9y agoI'll give the grand parent that benefit of the doubt - pharmacology research is expensive, there's a reason that most of the companies who develop pharmaceuticals have multi-billion dollar market caps.