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Re:We haven’t seen a quarter of known bee species since the ... by coliveira on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @02:03AM (#26234575)
So now you propose that scientific researchers fight each other using advertisement and PR campaigns, and spend more of their already small grants, just to do what they were trained to do? Who would benefit from this other than PR companies?
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Re:We haven’t seen a quarter of known bee species since the ... by dec0dedab0de on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @10:48AM (#26251159)
In this case a PR firm would be mostly about getting articles like this written, so maybe they already started.

It's either that or they naturally grow their own Neil deGrasse Tyson, or Bill Nye to popularize their cause.

The bottom line is they're essentially living off the government, so they need to compete with everyone else looking for tax money.

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