The Pleasure of the Mind

I find it hard to argue against or agree with Bacon on the pleasure of mind. I have heard a lot of academics talking about how they pose that as the ideal reason to do sciences. That has felt one of the purest reasons to do science, but maybe I'm wrong. It's really a difficult one to give up on because if we don't have that, what are we in science for? Just you come to work and you solve only societal problems. Now, it is a... He has a point, though, you know? If you take his point seriously that we should do research for the benefit and use of life,. We should maybe come into work, rank order the