If we are to measure science by its technological results, then we would judge Arrhenius' paper on global warming to be a failure because it didn't result in an

If we are to measure science by its technological results, then we would judge Arrhenius' paper on global warming to be a failure because it didn't result in any iPhones being sold. The author illustrates a difference in value systems, but it's sort of inherent to those that one can't meaningfully argue one against the other. I think the problem is with our incentives, not our institutions.