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by umanwizard 2777 days ago
> Before the patent, anyone could

Anyone could, but nobody did, or would have without either a profit motive or massive state funding.

> Do you think that's not a problem?

Well it’s certainly not the most ideal thing you can imagine, but I don’t see a better way in a capitalist society to incentivize medical research. Do you?

> People who think this disease is important will crowdfund the research

I’m not aware of any crowdfunding campaign that has raised hundreds of millions of dollars.

> How do you think we should incentivize things like environmental research?

It should be funded by the state

> What if someone found a cure?

That’d be awesome. We should pay them incredibly handsomely for their work.