Well lets quote the whole paragraph, because I think you are misreading. "I will say that there are areas which are very costly to research, but where the bene

Well lets quote the whole paragraph, because I think you are misreading. "I will say that there are areas which are very costly to research, but where the benefits for mankind long term are very positive. I would personally prefer it to have those be government funded (like with CERN or NASA) and patent free as opposed to what’s happening with medicine, but I do understand why some people thing patents are good in these areas." No where there does he say what you are claiming. In fact, he specifically says that he thinks there should be no patents in medicine.