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subpixelyesterday at 12:59 PM2 repliesview on HN

After reading about the mysterious firing and payoff of glysophate studying scientists it seems obvious what stone is going unturned here.


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patconyesterday at 7:44 PM

They are very litigious.

They are also strangely generous. They fund a lot of good, as they know how to conceive of "good". They are more like mostly-benevolent-but-controlling royalty of sorts. Including the "everyone has an opinion" part of royalty. Whether they are good or bad for the region, there are polarizing views.

I understand the general vibe as a learned helplessness of sorts.

gopher_spaceyesterday at 6:56 PM

I mean look at the number of industry apologists in this thread alone.

Strikingly similar to the reaction around cancer clusters, including the witch doctors who still think “mass hysteria” is a thing.

It’s not always environmental, but it’s usually environmental and weird to not start with that assumption.