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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
My comment was in jest, but I think there are better ways to do research then to spend time analysing on line tourneys. I also think that there are better ways to spend money when you consider the shortfalls in financing aids research.
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Classic fallacious argument that always comes up in these kinds of discussion. Short term vs long term, a type of false dichotomy.
The public should not determine the scientists' research. You really have no leg to stand on to tell a scientist what he or she shouldn't research. Yes there is government funded research, but the moment we stop scientists from doing pure research is the moment when we stop doing science. Then where are we?