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Wouldn't the science being done with the results eventually benefit everyone? I'm assuming the results of protein folding are eventually used in the cure of dis
by allannienhuis 9y ago
Wouldn't the science being done with the results eventually benefit everyone? I'm assuming the results of protein folding are eventually used in the cure of disease or improvements in agriculture or something similar. At some level just the academic insights gained can be considered useful for society (which is why most countries have public funding for purely academic research, typically through Universities).
- paulcole 9y ago>Wouldn't the science being done with the results eventually benefit everyone? Answer is clearly no. Nothing benefits everyone.
- allannienhuis 9y agoI think in this context "everyone" would mean "society" or "community", not "every individual". The original proposition was that crypto-mining could be done with the proof-of-work (or whatever the logic is) having some general benefit to society beyond the pure profit motive of the individual doing the mining.