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Applied science surely needs to rest on a healthy bedrock of pure science to draw ideas from. I don't think you can advance science purely by relying on what mi
by lacampbell 9y ago
Applied science surely needs to rest on a healthy bedrock of pure science to draw ideas from. I don't think you can advance science purely by relying on what might have "real world" applications. It's a process of discovery.
Also remember lots of "useless"/theoretical science turned out to have enormous real world uses.
- tertius 9y agoMy comment said nothing about "applied science" vs. "basic science." I'm actually talking about basic science. You can do basic science but have very bad ideas based on very poor data which you interpreted poorly. You shouldn't be funded. There are enough people with good ideas for basic science who should rather get the money.