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Re:Capitalist Science by im_a_bug on Friday December 13, 2013 @09:46AM (#6900700)
This is daft.
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Re:Capitalist Science by twic on Friday December 13, 2013 @10:29AM (#6900957)
From reading the abstract, i assumed it was satire. Is it serious?

See also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal

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Re:Capitalist Science by Jtsummers on Friday December 13, 2013 @10:41AM (#6901032)
Based on his previous two papers which detail a way of determining the value of various research projects, I'm inclined to say yes, he's serious. Either that or I'm unable to hear the whoosh.
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