> at least not for a long time The very next part of his statement covers that... It could be decades before "society" sees fruits of the research. > To me,

> at least not for a long time The very next part of his statement covers that... It could be decades before "society" sees fruits of the research. > To me, it isn't necessary for every research to have social relevance. His next sentence also says "research is good for research sake" - there doesn't need to be "real world results" for the research to be worth it. You talk about narrow mindedness... then ignore second part of the first sentence and completely ignore the second sentence... Seems narrow minded to do that? I tend to agree on both those points... It could be a long time to see results and research for research can be good.