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Science: Addressing Poverty Both Directly and Indirectly
Posted by Nick Anthis on October 22, 2007
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A few years ago, while I simultaneously enjoyed a mild Texas evening and a few beers with a second-year medical student, my idealistic and outspoken friend argued that as a society we spend way too much money on scientific research. That money should instead, she contended, be spent wholly and directly on fighting global poverty…