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    “Scientist” as a general concept doesn’t have an inherent positive or negative value. Some scientists have invented things that saved lives or expanded our understanding of the universe. Others experimented on prisoners, or developed addicting drugs for big pharma. Personally I’d say scientists are more likely to resemble the first, not the second, but what defines the value is not the profession, but the actions they take as individuals.

    His comment appeared to describe the issues with approval of scientists as a baseline, when the capitalist system they’re trapped within has other incentives and agendas. It’s a point one can certainly disagree with, but it is a coherent argument.

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        Oh shit, I see now. I wasn’t paying attention to what instance this post was in. I swear I usually know better than to look for a god-faith discussion in a .world comm, but we all slip up here and there. Anyhow, given your very-poor mental model of reality, I really wish you the best in the next couple months, shit is gonna be wild. Listen, I gotta log off for the day and collect my pay from my Russian Intelligence cut-out/handler. dasvidanya comrade!

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          13 days ago

          If you think I’d stoop so low as to read a trolls comment… 😂

          GTFO troll

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            Bro you win, just to see if I you were a bot, I read your post history. That means I had to read your egg post. So like, I lose, you win, that shit literally took years off my life. And I was just guessing when I went with the “I’m a Russian troll farm employee” bit. But looks like that was a correct guess—half your posting is claiming people are Russian propagandists. You do you man, have a good one.