I believe that researching things that seem to have no purpose is definitely worth the time and money spent on it. All research has the same purpose: to gain knowledge. Whether your knowledge can be applied, and how visibly, depends on the subject of your research, and the amount of time you spend researching it. Take the example Mrs. Vosbergh gave in her blog of "how does that sea creature maintain its phosphorescent glow?" If you figured that out, maybe you could use that on small boats to increase their visibility at sea.
More generally, I believe that the search for knowledge should never stop, even if a given research area doesn't appear to be helpful. Look at where we are now. We never could have gotten here if people hadn't figured out how to control fire, and who thought that would actually work? And look at how many things were discovered accidentally. Basically what I'm saying is, if more subjects are researched by more people, more useful, or useless, things will be discovered, and the useless things may become useful in the future.
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josh, i liked your paragraph because it shows you put a lot of thought into it, and i agree with everything that you said because you gave a good example.
Josh
I agree completely with everything that you have written here. Your paragraphs clearly show that you thought them through and the example that you gave brings up a very good point
I agree with you because i think that most research is done to gain knowledge and it doesnt matter about the cost or anything!.
oh josh keep up the good work!
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