As history has shown, pure science research ultimately ends up applying to something. We just don't know it at the time.
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Science is about applying what we know and asking what we don't know.
If there is no fundamental science then there is no basis for applied science. We have to strike a balance. 23 years ago the World Wide Web was born here. It has changed the world dramatically.
Whatever basic science resolves, at some stage it is of use to society. The problem is we do not know when or where.
Throughout history, people have studied pure science from a desire to understand the universe rather than practical applications for commercial gain. But their discoveries later turned out to have great practical benefits.
Science is to do research because of the target's fascinating and interesting characteristics.
Indeed science alone may perhaps be sterile when pursued without an understanding of the world in which scientific knowledge is created and in which the fruits of science are used.
We have this very clean picture of science, you know, these well-established rules with which we make predictions. But when you're really doing science, when you're doing research, you're at the edge of what we know.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
The fundamental essence of science, which I think we've lost in our education system, is poking something with a stick and seeing what happens. Embrace that process of inquiry.
You should only go into science if you really have a yearning to make scientific discoveries.
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