Watch: Bill Gates gets brutally trolled for calling India a ‘laboratory to try things’ on podcast

Reid Hoffman and Bill Gates' most recent podcast went viral on social media, but it caused a stir when the tech tycoon referred to India as a "kind of laboratory to try things." Many were outraged by his remark and called him out for it. Bill Gates said on the podcast, "It's kind of a laboratory to try things that then... when you prove them out in India, you can take to other places. And so our biggest non-U.S. office for the foundation is in India, and then most number of pilot rollout things we're doing anywhere in the world are with partners in India."

Bill Gates trolled for calling India a ‘laboratory to try things’

This now-viral statement did not sit well with Indians and also other people around the world. People slammed Bill for being disrespectful and calling India a ‘laboratory.’

Reacting to it, one wrote, “India is a laboratory, and we Indians are Guinea Pigs for Bill Gates.”

?Another added, “I have been a technocrat since the year 2000 and I adore this guy as the god of technology due to Microsoft. But this has broken me apart, and my respect towards him is varnished.”

People also urged the government to not invite Bill for any events in India because he has such opinions about the country. Social media users also said that they feel that for Bill, India is nothing but a place to experiment in.?

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