If the moon harbours ice, for example, measuring the amount of it at different depths could enable planetary scientists to work out the rate at which comets smashed into the lunar surface over its history, and that knowledge could then be plugged into models of the formation of the solar system.

ECONOMIST: Divining water

Maybe not brilliant like Walt, but he understands people and sees behind the surface much more clearly than Walt, and uses that knowledge to try to do good rather than simply to manipulate.

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