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Robert Langer’s Hedge Fund

I sat near Robert Langer, the MIT scientist, on a plane recently. He was apparently on a tour to raise funds for his hedge fund. He explained how he was trying to keep the hedge fund thing quiet, since it would hurt his chances of winning a Nobel Prize. He explained that it was seen the way starting a for-profit corporation was seen a generation ago — as a distraction from real science.

This seems like a worrying trend.