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In the midst of #AcademicPatentGate, @Nicole_Paulk and I started talking more broadly about the ideal relationship between #Academia and for-profit in the field of #biotechnology. Should ties be stronger or weaker? What happens when #OpenAccess meets the global economy?
One side: For-profit companies license academic innovations that used public research #funding, then charge the public for the products.
Other side: Public research funding has the goal of fueling innovation. Restricting discoveries to the academic community is not beneficial.
Other side: Public research funding has the goal of fueling innovation. Restricting discoveries to the academic community is not beneficial.
But #Academia is also seen as an objective source of truth (increasingly important these days). At its best, scientists engage in a disinterested search for truth, and ideas are made to be tested. This has been very good for civilization so far.
