• lugal@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    Tbf he evolutionarily developed that genome all by himself. That’s how capitalism works

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      11 months ago

      He also had a history of being screwed by people. The guy did a lot of good work, and arguably his attempt at patenting it was instrumental in preventing it from being patented. I don’t think that was his intention, but good came from it.