Usefulness of Useless Knowledge Flexner Abraham
Usefulness of Useless Knowledge Flexner Abraham A forty-year tightening of funding for scientific research has meant that resources are increasingly directed toward applied or practical outcomes,…
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Usefulness of Useless Knowledge Flexner Abraham
A forty-year tightening of funding for scientific research has meant that resources are increasingly directed toward applied or practical outcomes, with the intent of creating products of immediate value. Actually, it doesn't. In such a scenario, it makes sense to focus on the most identifiable and urgent problems, right?
The search for answers to deep questions, motivated solely by curiosity and without concern for applications, often leads not only to the greatest scientific discoveries but also to the most revolutionary technological breakthroughs. In his classic essay "The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge," Abraham Flexner, the founding director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the man who helped bring Albert Einstein to the United States, describes a great paradox of scientific research. In short, no quantum mechanics, no computer chips.
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