• ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

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

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      1 year ago

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

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        1 year 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