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| | village voice > news > The Essay by Samantha Hunt |
 | | Tesla was one of the last "mad scientists," though mad he was not. |
 | | Scientists are beholden to those with legal power and capital: the Department of Defense, Monsanto, or the pharmaceutical companies who, though perhaps making strides to save lives, are more interested in improving the bottom line than improving the human condition. |
 | | Somewhere they are toiling in suburban basements, on city rooftops with well-thumbed copies of Popular Mechanics piled by their sides, but with evolution being labeled "just a theory" in some textbooks, try building a submersible airplane in your garage or grafting your own DNA with the great blue heron's today. |
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