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If basic interventions in public health could widely prevent or improve chronic conditions, would big pharma or big food voluntarily change its business model f
by walleeee 1y ago
If basic interventions in public health could widely prevent or improve chronic conditions, would big pharma or big food voluntarily change its business model for the public good?
If wellknown land management practices could cure the decline of soil health, would big ag suddenly change its tune?
I've never been in a physics dept, but the parts of the academy I have seen absolutely would (and do) ignore good work if it's inconvenient or somehow unpalatable. This is of course, though not exclusively, related to the marriage of academy and industry.
No comment on the merit of Wolfram's work.
- VirusNewbie 1y ago>would big pharma or big food voluntarily change its business model for the public good? Insurance companies would, no? They're got every incentive to reduce payments to pharma companies.
- cultofmetatron 1y agoif the cure becomes to cheap and widely available, why paying for insurance in the first place?
- drdeca 1y agoThere is more than one ailment in existence.