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I don't agree. You're basically sticking your head in the sand saying that because there have been unanticipated benefits sometimes hundreds of years later, we
by sfpotter 3y ago
I don't agree. You're basically sticking your head in the sand saying that because there have been unanticipated benefits sometimes hundreds of years later, we can't even attempt to decide what research is valuable.
If the public is paying for research, it is both fair and reasonable to ask questions about its utility. It's as simple as that.
- maleldil 3y ago> it is both fair and reasonable to ask questions about its utility. What questions, though? How do we know that these questions are well-calibrated for the long-tail cases that end up being valuable centuries later?