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by YeGoblynQueenne 2736 days ago
>> Since the scientist can't know the provenance of all funds, maybe he's still helping the Army after all.

But that's entirely speculative and it's not really something you can know, or control. What you can know, what you can control, is whether you follow your principles or not. So it's really of no consequence what the government "might" do, or what they "can" do, etc. What is important is what you do.