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by fit2rule 4458 days ago
But you see, this is why its ever more important to have public data available - so that people can educate themselves on these things, if they want to.

Its sort of like in the bad ol' days of computing - you used to have to know all kinds of arcane things just to be able to get some numbers crunched. Nowadays, if you want, you can look at the source for your OS .. this is the same effect that needs to happen in the pharmaceutical industry, and I for one look forward to the reduction in sheer Power over peoples Lives that the pharma mega-industry has had, as people start to realize that there is a lot of smoke and mirrors in what they're being told 'is a solution to their problems .. for $99/month' ..