And you keep missing the point. Please read the parent I was responding to. We are talking about fundamental research today and about academia today. What man

And you keep missing the point. Please read the parent I was responding to. We are talking about fundamental research today and about academia today. What many problems of society is academia helping solve today? What peace have academia solved? What really big problems in international relations have academia solved today? Peace isn't a byproduct of some academic persons phd it's a byproduct of amongst other things technology making live more livable for more and more people. You don't need to go to the university today to learn to be an expert in international relations technology have ironically enough made it possible to learn about more or less any academic field you want without ever needing a university degree in it.