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Re:Paying Professors: Inside Google’s Academic Influence Cam... by chplushsieh on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @04:35PM (#14747820)
I agree with you.

But what Google does is as far as any sane donator/sponsor would go. We can't really expect them to keep sponsoring more doughnut shops after they find out their money is not being put into good use.

Re:Paying Professors: Inside Google’s Academic Influence Cam... by dilemma on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @07:50PM (#14749064)
This is missing the point. The point is that there is no free lunch.
Re:Paying Professors: Inside Google’s Academic Influence Cam... by sdenton4 on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @08:11PM (#14749166)
But there might be free donuts. Once, anyway.