I do believe we are getting sidetracked by the example. The original argument was that some fields are studied for their own sake. And that is a good thing. Pr

I do believe we are getting sidetracked by the example. The original argument was that some fields are studied for their own sake. And that is a good thing. Pretending that the reason to study them is that they may prove useful in some undetermined future is just a distraction used to convince others, usually in order to provide funding or as a means to gain status. We should simply embrace that things are worth studying for the sake of knowledge itself instead of letting the pursuit of knowledge be corrupted by all devouring capitalism which reduces everything to a monetary value by denying the existence of any other kind of value.