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Re:Time to assume that health research is fraudulent until p... by artifact_44 on Monday July 19, 2021 @02:32PM (#27885827)
That was my first thought as well. Casting doubt, and then in a few days we'll see this opinion piece references by some right wing politician who is vaccinated but "can understand their constituents hesitency to trust the medical establishment".

Also I haven't seen anyone bring up the perverse incentive of capitalism in this thread. Like.. let's just pretend this is moral failing rather than the literal race to the bottom of capitalism.

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Re:Time to assume that health research is fraudulent until p... by adolph on Monday July 19, 2021 @02:39PM (#27885912)
Perverse incentives exist in many socio-political systems, capitalism isn't unique in that regard. For example, the Soviet whaling industry [0] sounds almost like the paperclip maximization AI [1].

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaling_in_the_Soviet_Union_an...

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumental_convergence#Paper...

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