Why isn't there a Kickstarter for killing patents?
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Why isn't there a Kickstarter for killing patents?
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#2The EFF is probably the closest to doing something like this, but they picked the patents and there isn't a way to support killing just one: https://www.eff.org/patent-busting
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#3Why isn't there a Kickstarter for curing cancer?
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#5Why isn't there a Kickstarter for curing cancer?
I realize this question is in jest, but it may not be a bad idea. I could envision a Kickstarter fund for individuals to fund research projects to help scientists who can use the help. Granted that may not lead to a cure, but it might help. In fact I'd rather do that than the usual marketing driven thing of wearing a ribbon. I also think this would make funding research a bit less abstract.
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#6Why isn't there a Kickstarter for curing cancer?
I realize this question is in jest, but it may not be a bad idea. I could envision a Kickstarter fund for individuals to fund research projects to help scientists who can use the help. Granted that may not lead to a cure, but it might help. In fact I'd rather do that than the usual marketing driven thing of wearing a ribbon. I also think this would make funding research a bit less abstract.
the amount of money and lack of tangible immediate results would make this untenable. This is way outside the scope of normal crowd funding. This is why large companies with deep pockets and wealthy philanthropic concerns exist.
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#7Why isn't there a Kickstarter for curing cancer?
I don't think curing cancer makes much sense in the Kickstarter sense:
1. It is enormously expensive - curing a form of cancer costs well into the millions. So it wouldn't get funded.
2. There are loads of funding sources out there already.
3. "Curing" is actually very difficult to define. Most cancer treatments reduce and you'd need a bunch of expensive studies just to determine if the metric was met if it was anything short of "cured."
That said, it might work on a limited basis if you applied an X-Prize to certain forms of cancer. It could mobilize people to really focus on certain types of cancer and specific goals.
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#8Why isn't there a Kickstarter for curing cancer?
I realize this question is in jest, but it may not be a bad idea. I could envision a Kickstarter fund for individuals to fund research projects to help scientists who can use the help. Granted that may not lead to a cure, but it might help. In fact I'd rather do that than the usual marketing driven thing of wearing a ribbon. I also think this would make funding research a bit less abstract.
Well said: I too would rather do that than the usual marketing driven thing of wearing a ribbon.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I realize this question is in jest, but it may not be a bad idea. I could envision a Kickstarter fund for individuals to fund research projects to help scientists who can use the help. Granted that may not lead to a cure, but it might help. In fact I'd rather do that than the usual marketing driven thing of wearing a ribbon. I also think this would make funding research a bit less abstract.
the amount of money and lack of tangible immediate results would make this untenable. This is way outside the scope of normal crowd funding. This is why large companies with deep pockets and wealthy philanthropic concerns exist.
Maybe the "reward" isn't that you get immediate results, but you get the satisfaction of laying down a brick in a larger building? Maybe if we could put a face on research it would be less abstract to every day people who aren't in science?
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#10Why isn't there a Kickstarter for curing cancer?
You can't donate people to test drugs on.