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True, but what is the fundamental problem in allowing academics to patent their drug development research? Without a system like that drugs like Lyrica wouldn't exist.
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So let's say I discover a potentially groundbreaking new pathway that can be exploited by a new drug candidate to attack a major disease. Now who is going to go put in $350 million to get that drug candidate through PhI/II/II
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Why does this even need to be said? Evolution is the change of allele frequencies over time in a given population. The assumption inherent in that definition is that there are no black and white shifts, it is generally incremental if you as
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Yes! There is this headlong sense of just rushing through the text - a sensation of speed and "flow" that doesn't really impart any understanding.
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From experience, I can confirm that there is a pretty massive subjective difference between scrolling through a book vs. reading it in page size chunks. When I scroll through something, especially if it is dense, I tend to be continually mo
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Doesn't using the bang syntax invalidate any privacy or surveillance related reasons to use DDG?
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Alcohol resistance can be developed in many bacteria genuses (genii?). I don't think I know of any species that can handle high concentrations though, though I would bet endospores would be able to survive.
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Not sure if these corrections are needed, maybe it was just sloppy wording, but here they are nonetheless: Depends on why they survived I guess. If they lived because they happened to have particularly thick skulls and managed to pass it on
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I was making the point that cynical eye rolling at any initiative from political competitors, despite common goals, leads to a zero sum system where policy reflects narrowminded politics rather than shared values. That is a bad thing, and I
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This shortsighted brand of cynicism, writ large, is exactly what is enabling this revolving door approach to policy in this country.
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I think injunctive relief against the NSA is a goal, a "something" that most civil liberties advocates and Rand Paul can agree on. Let it not be said that liberals took yet another opportunity to miss an opportunity at bipartisan
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The greatest I hope I have is that the old media establishment becomes replaced in its entirety with a more chaotic, uncontrolled space like the internet. When people finally have access to the truth about what is going on and how it affect
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Yeah, looks like the only real way involves being co-opted in turn. Seems like that's what ended up happening to Obama.
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I don't have a real answer yet, searching desperately though. Have to admit that I prefer what is going on now to the aristocratic and theocratic systems we had before in much of the world. The worst tyrants are the ideologues, and it
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What would you say to the argument that economic interests and power blocs wield much more influence over nations today? The political, cultural and economic establishments of most nations are now heavily infiltrated/controlled by a re
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The data on both are pretty much impossible to find. Having looked at a number of civilian think tank studies into the issue, even if you come up with a statistic like 3 militants killed per civilian (as reported in some studies) it is very
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He hasn't been charged or arrested per se, but he quite regularly talks about other forms of intimidation he undergoes. Laptops confiscated, apartment broken into, phone calls, border detainments. Also, there were two other reporters w
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Just as in the past we outsourced our repression to client states in the region, those same regimes are now outsourcing their counterterrorism to us in the form of drone strikes. We are helping to consolidate the power of creatures like Sal
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With a proper oversight regime and individualized warrants, I can see this being an acceptable use of NSA power. With the absurd degree of intrusive latitude the NSA possesses now, it just makes it easier for them to violate civil liberties
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From the reporting, it looks like they had official documents with an actual price list for various exploits, along with details about what they entailed ("rigged monitor cable", "USB nubs"). What exactly do you consider
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The difference is that we don't deploy our soldiers in the contexts and use-cases that we do with drones, because the risks are too great. Drones are expendable, so they are used in hostile conditions where the intelligence isn't
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The alternative to drones is counterinsurgency. For example, the wedding party in Yemen, if it were a target of actual importance, would have been captured and interrogated, with suspected insurgents detained for further questioning. The pr
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The crucial difference is that drones are used in contexts where they have a very high false positive rate. It doesn't matter how accurate your missiles are if you are operating in an area where it is impossible to accurately identify
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This average people comment isn't consistent with what I am familiar with. I regularly come across people, especially in the older generations, who have memorized literally pages of verse that they may not necessarily understand fully.
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Maybe you should read the rest of that sentence...
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I am interested. Not a researcher, not a linguist. Just some asshole who wants to know a new skill that may come in handy when exploring Indian mythology. You really need to just concede that your interests are your own and that your rather
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This tracks pretty much exactly with my college experience, ugh. The worst part was that I always used to think of myself as a very independent person who didn't need anyone else to get things done. When I finally came to realize the i
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That's all fine and well, but it reveals an underlying system of anti-democratic behavior by our security services. This is certainly not the first or last instance they have used counterterrorism as a justification to go after activis
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As Friedman said, the ultimate end is the search for the acceptable means, and I think your little exchange highlights this pretty well. Turns out, ideologies are rather good at branding themselves to appeal to all kinds of people, and at f
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This does not reflect my experience growing up. Have a google of Taare Zameen Par, a movie about what an autistic child in Indian society goes through. I believe it is on Netflix.

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