Research is done because you are compelled to do so, it chooses you, usually something you never thought you'd be good at or interested in, you just can't stop,

Research is done because you are compelled to do so, it chooses you, usually something you never thought you'd be good at or interested in, you just can't stop, for me anyway. An 'uninteresting' but useful scientific discovery is modern infintesimal calculus https://youtu.be/D8_BBoolMm8 https://youtu.be/D8_BBoolMm8