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>> This folks is how science is supposed to unfold and it all happening right in front of our eyes for everyone to see in real time. Quite astonishing. So you
by heavenlyblue 8y ago
>> This folks is how science is supposed to unfold and it all happening right in front of our eyes for everyone to see in real time. Quite astonishing.
So you imply that only scientists with money and direct personal interest in the research are supposed to work on the given topic?
- ipunchghosts 8y agoNot at all. What i mean is that scientists discovered a problem and 1) pursued it regardless of what the major funding agencies thought of it 2) encouraged patients to get involved and 3) informed the public of their progress regularly allowing for open discussion and collaboration.
- cpach 8y agoAmazing!
- heavenlyblue 8y agoNo wait - the scientist was a father of a person who had the illness, and the father had a team of scientists willing to work on the issue he himself decided to work on. You on the other hand are selling it as if all of those researchers were working for free at the time.
- nyolfen 8y agoyou should re-read his comments
- dc_gregory 8y agoI think you've misread the OP here; jump back to this guideline as a rule of thumb, its helped me a great deal. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html: >> Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.
- pjc50 8y agoThat was the whole of science before about 1850.