Do you think it's fair to patent something that is an outcome of publicly funded research?

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• Yes (4%, 2 votes)
• No (95%, 41 votes)

Anyone who's spent any time at conferences has met him. He's the guy in the Q&A who says "It's not really a question, more of a comment..."
I wrote a bit about why he's a problem and what we can do as academic and professional communities to fight back.
#academicchatter

https://loreandordure.com/2024/02/13/its-not-really-a-question-more-of-a-comment-a-modest-proposal-for-dealing-with-the-original-reply-guys/

[Edit to say: Utterly bowled over by the reaction this article is getting! Thank you all!
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It's World Philosophy Day!

Here is an article I wrote on ethics and metaethics. It's for a general audience. Do share if you enjoy reading it!

https://psyche.co/ideas/marge-and-homers-ice-cream-argument-or-why-metaethics-matters

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Marge and Homer’s ice cream argument, or why metaethics matters

Metaethics is about the meaning of our moral concepts, which are so consequential for moral debates and behaviour

^{Rachel Handley (Psyche Magazine)}