If the technological advancement is funded by a private entity (whether or not for a profit motive, there needs to be no such justification). If it's public se

If the technological advancement is funded by a private entity (whether or not for a profit motive, there needs to be no such justification). If it's public sector you need to at least come up with some public benefit excuse for it, jobs program is a bit of a steel man for the political funding of a science program. If you want your science to be free of that entanglement you should be figuring out how to fund more things like Glynn research ltd.