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Not just publications, either. FTX was the major funder for tons of COVID research (including the very influential "TOGETHER trial")[0]

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[0] https://www.themainewire.com/2022/11/bankrupt-ftx-gave-18-2m...

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Like data from the Nazis inhumane experiments being used to find treatments for hypothermia, the ends do not justify the means.

A Godwin in two comments, that's pretty wild considering the topic.

So I shouldn't have mentioned it because it's a meme, and SBF should be in the clear now because he donated a few dollars of stolen funds, mostly from individuals who got sucked into it, to medical research. Solid.

Yes, but mostly because it is a very weak analogy that teaches us nothing.

There are plenty of crypto exchanges still accepting deposits. If you enjoy their philanthropy so much you are welcome to invest your life savings into any of them in hopes of getting rich quick and respecting their reallocation of your funds, having learned nothing from history and from the present of FTX's collapse. If you really want to prove your dedication to the cause I await your screen shots of said deposits showing that you put your money where your mouth is.

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