Watch: Bill Gates gets brutally trolled for calling India a ¡®laboratory to try things¡¯ on podcast
Former CEO of Microsoft, Bill Gates is currently getting brutally trolled for saying that he considers India a laboratory to try things on a recent podcast he did. His statement did not sit well with people after the clip went viral.
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 about India: "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¡ pic.twitter.com/JMjuWzRExm
¡ª Camus (@newstart_2024) November 30, 2024
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.¡±
The human beings in India are samples for Bill Gates¡¯ laboratory to try things and once they are proven to be effective, taken to the US. This clip doesn¡¯t sound right no matter in what context you hear this. That¡¯s why researches backed by governments can often have vested¡ https://t.co/RPZ0FTe2rZ
¡ª Nikhil Kharoo (@nkharoo) December 2, 2024
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.¡±
One of most important
¡ª Mac (@pattaazhy) December 2, 2024
initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in India is healthcare and immunization
Sounds great until you realise Indians may be just a Guinea Pig pic.twitter.com/8LMX8Kx9bd
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.
What do you think about Bill Gates' statement about India?
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