Nobody knows whether it will or not---the most revolutionary discoveries tend to come from unexpected places. As far as I'm concerned, an atmosphere where scien

Nobody knows whether it will or not---the most revolutionary discoveries tend to come from unexpected places. As far as I'm concerned, an atmosphere where science has to justify itself as practical is just asking for all the really revolutionary discoveries to be made elsewhere. Conflict of interest statement: I am a pure science graduate student, so take my opinions on science funding with an aliquot of NaCl.