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Re:Canada's Muzzled Scientists Can Speak Freely Again by colechristensen on Sunday November 15, 2015 @09:15AM (#10569649)
>So I guess you criticize every corporation who hires scientists to work on proprietary products?

Those are engineers, not scientists. Even at that, the whole purpose of the patent system is to publicize developments while protecting those who create it for a short time.

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Re:Canada's Muzzled Scientists Can Speak Freely Again by yummyfajitas on Sunday November 15, 2015 @09:27AM (#10569673)
You seem to be placing a lot of stock in the word "scientist" vs "engineer" or "accountant". Could you explain the substantive distinction you are making?

For my part I don't see much of one. In all cases one attempts to learn true facts about the world via careful analysis of data and experiment - the label is just for potential employers.

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