tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post8735075178380992545..comments2024-03-28T17:13:01.117+10:00Comments on Condensed concepts: Against "big" scienceRoss H. McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09950455939572097456noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-77135697582369515312011-02-07T20:51:20.421+10:002011-02-07T20:51:20.421+10:00..and there is always the question whether a drug .....and there is always the question whether a drug company will market a cheap and easy solution to a disease such as cancer, if ever found, instead of lengthy and incredibly expensive "cures" they have at the moment.<br />In the end, if they are just commercial entities, their only goal is to maximise profitability, and ethics is quite easily disregarded in a big enough company where the governments are helpless to control, see Nestle and the milk powder, well, even the swine-flu business.<br /> <br />This kind of stories are well exploited in fiction culture, a spot-on but maybe not so well told story is http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113481/aaaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05107579879722217772noreply@blogger.com