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Re:Brain Simulation Promised a Decade Ago Hasn't Succeeded by roywiggins on Thursday July 25, 2019 @07:25PM (#20530870)
Publicly funded research must be held to a higher standard. Investors can throw their own money at whatever, but when you're throwing someone else's money, there's a duty to actually communicate to the public what you're spending it on.
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Re:Brain Simulation Promised a Decade Ago Hasn't Succeeded by nicoburns on Thursday July 25, 2019 @08:27PM (#20531224)
Investors being wasteful with money is a good argument for them not having it in the first place (and having a more progressive taxation system dustribute that money). There is still a cost to society of investors throwing away "private" money.
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Re:Brain Simulation Promised a Decade Ago Hasn't Succeeded by roywiggins on Friday July 26, 2019 @11:59AM (#20535761)
My current favorite evidence for this cost is Gates' horrendous attempt at reshaping education

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2018/06/...

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