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5 Sep 2024 21:26:03 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Knuth says so  
From: Warp
Date: 27 Jun 2009 13:34:34
Message: <4a46582a@news.povray.org>
Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Why would I spend 20 years developing 
> a cure for cancer if the actual cost of manufacturing the final drug is $10 
> a dose?

  Many scientists do their job for reasons other than to get rich,
you know... (I'd go as far as to say that if you want to get rich, or
even a moderate salary, you don't want to be a scientist. Science is
a vocation.)

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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