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by jaak 2698 days ago
I'm curious as to who funded the research in the first place.
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jtd514 2697 days ago
MIT. MIT is not a university, it is a private corporation which monetizes the research it discovers.
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gotocake 2697 days ago
MIT is also a university; the two elements of their existence are orthogonal, not mutually exclusive.
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