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by DoofusOfDeath 3076 days ago
Here's how I'm inclined to reason about it:

It depends on whether he would consider the filing's "invention" to be within a reasonable definition of what should be patentable.

If yes, then he's just playing his part in our society's overall machinations for technical progress, and there's nothing really blameworthy about the filing.

If no, then he's being deeply selfish: He's capitalizing on the government's unjustified encroachment on our individual liberties, via the patent system, for his own personal gain.