Sorry, but Iāve downvoted this post. Generally speaking, I think that it is very possible that some fundamental research is extremely important but I donāt think that this post adds value to this discussion.
The two major problems that I see in this post, besides its brevity (which might actually be good in some cases!), are
One-sidedness. This post seems to try and persuade that fundamental research is important, rather than assess it truthfully. I find that such posts usually donāt help me, because I expect there to be counter arguments which are omitted.
Lack of engagement with relevant arguments. This topic has been addressed before, and I heavily encourage you to search more on the forum (you can start with this tag).
I would really like to see more discussion on this topic and I definitely encourage you to read and write more about it! (A potentially fun experiment Iād like someone to do is to have a Change My View thread about such a topic; Perhaps you can have one on the importance of fundamental research. Iād also naturally be very interested in any independent research or a synthesis of information on this topic if you are up to do more work).
I understand your critique about the āformatā of the post. Perhaps it could have been better with a more detailed analysis, or perhaps brevity is good.
However, my intention is to highlight this topic and prompt a discussion, and disagreements with the ideas themselves (rather than the format and the structure of the post). So in essence this can of course be a Change my View thread without explicitly having the need to mention that. I guess that is what forum posts are forāto prompt a discussion.
I have searched on the forum, and while there are discussions about scientific progress and its importance, I havenāt seen a post with the argument that I am making i.e. fundamental research (without a set goal) is important (or maybe this was discussed and I just havenāt managed to find it).
I take your points, but would rather hear your thoughts about the idea itself :)
You can read some of my thoughts on relevant issues here, an analysis of the value of medical research here, and very relevant discussions under the Differential Progress tag.
Sorry, but Iāve downvoted this post. Generally speaking, I think that it is very possible that some fundamental research is extremely important but I donāt think that this post adds value to this discussion.
The two major problems that I see in this post, besides its brevity (which might actually be good in some cases!), are
One-sidedness. This post seems to try and persuade that fundamental research is important, rather than assess it truthfully. I find that such posts usually donāt help me, because I expect there to be counter arguments which are omitted.
Lack of engagement with relevant arguments. This topic has been addressed before, and I heavily encourage you to search more on the forum (you can start with this tag).
I would really like to see more discussion on this topic and I definitely encourage you to read and write more about it! (A potentially fun experiment Iād like someone to do is to have a Change My View thread about such a topic; Perhaps you can have one on the importance of fundamental research. Iād also naturally be very interested in any independent research or a synthesis of information on this topic if you are up to do more work).
I understand your critique about the āformatā of the post. Perhaps it could have been better with a more detailed analysis, or perhaps brevity is good.
However, my intention is to highlight this topic and prompt a discussion, and disagreements with the ideas themselves (rather than the format and the structure of the post). So in essence this can of course be a Change my View thread without explicitly having the need to mention that. I guess that is what forum posts are forāto prompt a discussion.
I have searched on the forum, and while there are discussions about scientific progress and its importance, I havenāt seen a post with the argument that I am making i.e. fundamental research (without a set goal) is important (or maybe this was discussed and I just havenāt managed to find it).
I take your points, but would rather hear your thoughts about the idea itself :)
You can read some of my thoughts on relevant issues here, an analysis of the value of medical research here, and very relevant discussions under the Differential Progress tag.