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somebody wrote:
> the level of abstraction was clear from the inclusion of "as an
> institution".
A university is "an institution." Science isn't "an institution."
>> It's OK for all the politicians to be corrupt, too, as long as the
>> government itself isn't corrupt?
>
> The checks and balances system is precisely there to prevent individual
> corruption affecting the government.
Checks and balances work only when most politicians *aren't* corrupt.
> Scientists are as much capable as making bad choices
> and decisions as politicians,
Who made the decision to spend 10 billion dollars? If it was the
scientists, then what do you care? It's their 10 billion dollars.
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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