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The Value of Funding Exploratory Science Research
There are useful scientific discoveries that have been made possible by exploratory research even if they did not have any obvious, immediate benefits/nIt is challenging to prove the broader impact of basic science research in practical terms/nHistorically, basic science rarely leads to practical applications/nThe best way to fund basic science is still debatable and requires further exploration/nThe transcript speaker is not arguing against funding research on topics like string theory or the hidden collider