Even if it is state policy, I don't think it is superfluous to receive support from a respected institution such as a MIT. It is not always that universities approve of developmental programs in the developing world. Kudos for MIT.
I agree. It would only seem logical for a science institution to promote better ways of doing things. Universities should also speak out about the need for more generic drugs and for the importance of stem-cell research, for example. And I don't think anybody would condemn them.
This is a fallacy. So we need to wait until the country develops in order to give the population computers? It seems to me to be other way around: we need to give them computers in order for the country to develop.
A slashdotter that cannot admit the importance of computers for everything? Very weird indeed.
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Even if it is state policy, I don't think it is superfluous to receive support from a respected institution such as a MIT. It is not always that universities approve of developmental programs in the developing world. Kudos for MIT.
I agree. It would only seem logical for a science institution to promote better ways of doing things. Universities should also speak out about the need for more generic drugs and for the importance of stem-cell research, for example. And I don't think anybody would condemn them.
This is a fallacy. So we need to wait until the country develops in order to give the population computers? It seems to me to be other way around: we need to give them computers in order for the country to develop. A slashdotter that cannot admit the importance of computers for everything? Very weird indeed.