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by epicureanideal 1198 days ago
> But it's probably not happening.

I really wish they’d allocate Covid-like money to R&D or prizes for solving various challenges like curing diseases, which would drive universities. However first remove the bloated administration and DEI/Woke Discrimination Industry.

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> I really wish they’d allocate Covid-like money to R&D or prizes for solving various challenges like curing diseases, which would drive universities.

They already do via DARPA, NIH and medical patents. Making a drug and selling it is the prize for solving a challenge like curing diseases.

Let’s add a zero to that (as a string).

And add things like adversarial research to try to disprove findings, etc.

Start a GoFundMe