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by aaomidi 397 days ago
There’s a lot of work that is “useful” but the return on investment is not direct, but rather indirect.

For example I don’t remember the detail exactly but this professors insistence to study extremophiles has directly translated to many improvements in medicine.

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there are many sources that don't look for profits, its illuminating that both respondents so far assumed that