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		bennyg on May 13, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nanobots Can Swim Around a Wound and Kill Bacteria I'm not sure why they have to be mutually exclusive. Some people are good at research and some people are good at politics. Why would the folks good at doing research stop doing the research and try to change policy? Parallelization is fine...

coldtea on May 13, 2022 [–]

>I'm not sure why they have to be mutually exclusive.

Because resources, will, people, etc. are finite.

>Some people are good at research and some people are good at politics.

The use of research is dictated by people good at politics (and bad as persons).

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