How reliable is science? --Anthropology (The limitations of science)

by David Turell @, Sunday, April 15, 2012, 15:42 (4365 days ago) @ xeno6696

Well, I honestly think in most of these cases it has MUCH more to do with pride than money. 
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> I'm not trying to overly downplay money--it's always a powerful driver, but watching the people that are in grad school with me... they're not money grubbing assholes. 
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> I'm also not trying to write off what "bad" scientists are doing, but I totally understand why things like this happen.-I'll grant you the pride/ego part in ivory towers but we are talking about business-driven cancer research. These folks with Ph.D.s are on hire to produce money-making drugs. And they are paid well. Money will always beat pride as a force.


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