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> profitless basic research May not scale in 20 years. Useless research can become very valuable in a decade or two.
by alphydan 9y ago
> profitless basic research
May not scale in 20 years. Useless research can become very valuable in a decade or two.
- whatshisface 9y agoThat's true, but nobody would be able to bet on it being useful specifically to them. (I'm thinking about simulating LHC stuff, searching astronomical data, the sorts of things where at the time of computation nobody has a clue who will end up benefiting. Protein folding might be off-limits depending on who wants to know how it folds, and why.)