timtyler comments on A brief history of ethically concerned scientists - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 12 February 2013 11:49:51AM 0 points [-]

Some of those decisions are taken of scientists hands - since they are made by funding bodies. Scientists don't often get to study what they like, they are frequently constrained by what subjects receive funding. That is what I was referring to.