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The same investors and executives who bankrolled development since the original synthesis of the material back in 99 without any guarantee of a result? Which w
by golergka 3y ago
The same investors and executives who bankrolled development since the original synthesis of the material back in 99 without any guarantee of a result?
Which would create future incentives for a lot of people to invest their money into a lot of high risk, high reward science that takes years to do?
Really hard to see that as something negative.
- mort96 3y agoKeeping the benefits of possibly the most significant breakthrough in fundamental research this century out of the hands of humanity for 20 years. You find it hard to see that as something negative?
- golergka 3y agoOut of the hands? How so? Do you think they're going to lock it in a safe and not make it commercially available? Or are you under an impression that humanity does not benefit from inventions it pays inventors for?
- mort96 3y agoThey could make a product and sell that product. That would keep the innovation in general out of the public's hands, only giving us access to some product built on it.