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A comment on Why Academic Freedom Matters (2021). Parent comment

Re:Why Academic Freedom Matters (2021) by Sin2x on Monday July 25, 2022 @04:22PM (#32230405)
Science should be performed in a vacuum, that's the whole point. Its applications, on the other hand, are not to be performed in a vacuum.
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Re:Why Academic Freedom Matters (2021) by hikingsimulator on Monday July 25, 2022 @05:34PM (#32231234)
It's not achievable, and likely never will. Even research in physics or mathematics is embedded in internal department politics and financing issues that influenced what is researched, who does the research, and ultimately who gets the rewards.
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