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[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Well, I don't, but some scientists are tasked with it so someone does whether "fun" is the reason or not.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

They do it for pay so they don't starve. We are very much not in a post scarcity society.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

You have such a void of interest and wonder that Im beginning to think you are the aliens we are talking about.

You think scientists study for pay? We find ways to get paid so we dont starve from the studying. The study is the point, it always has been

[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Maybe you're right.

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