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He did though. (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tbf he evolutionarily developed that genome all by himself. That's how capitalism works

[–] peopleproblems 25 points 1 year ago

He also had a history of being screwed by people. The guy did a lot of good work, and arguably his attempt at patenting it was instrumental in preventing it from being patented. I don't think that was his intention, but good came from it.