Research always goes "nowhere" at first, then there are results and sometimes successes. Don't you think people said the same thing about research for airplanes

Research always goes "nowhere" at first, then there are results and sometimes successes. Don't you think people said the same thing about research for airplanes? most first attempts crashed, but then we had very good flying machines. Could probably find the same for first cars with combustion engines, for some medical treatments or vaccines, ... Let them search, try, improve. Just stop the hype: do the work like engineers and not like silicon valley bros.