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<blockquote data-quote="cotjones" data-source="post: 6090321" data-attributes="member: 573988">Again this is why the worth of research is subjective.This is why some people will tear apart the living room looking for the remote control instead of just going up to the TV.While to you, 20 years of research on why rubber balls bounce might&nbsp; be deemed insignificant and unwise compared to 5 years of cancer research, but if i really want to understand how a ball bounces than my principle function on the earth is to fulfill my own desire for self-enlightenment. and it would be un-wise for me to engage in an un-fulfilling yet more productive course of action.Of course, I would call it wise to then examine the reasoning behind my priorities of understanding the reason a ball bounces. but you get the point regardless, the lines are never clear. What might be right for you might not be right for some.Is it wiser to live 100 years eating terrible tasting but healthy food.Or 50 years eating delicious but unhealthy food.Well I&#039;d say the answer is that both are equally as wise or unwise depending on priority.Thus, measuring the results of research by effort is a fallacy and variable depending on an entire universe of subjective circumstances.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cotjones, post: 6090321, member: 573988"] Again this is why the worth of research is subjective. This is why some people will tear apart the living room looking for the remote control instead of just going up to the TV. While to you, 20 years of research on why rubber balls bounce might be deemed insignificant and unwise compared to 5 years of cancer research, but if i really want to understand how a ball bounces than my principle function on the earth is to fulfill my own desire for self-enlightenment. and it would be un-wise for me to engage in an un-fulfilling yet more productive course of action. Of course, I would call it wise to then examine the reasoning behind my priorities of understanding the reason a ball bounces. but you get the point regardless, the lines are never clear. What might be right for you might not be right for some. Is it wiser to live 100 years eating terrible tasting but healthy food. Or 50 years eating delicious but unhealthy food. Well I'd say the answer is that both are equally as wise or unwise depending on priority. Thus, measuring the results of research by effort is a fallacy and variable depending on an entire universe of subjective circumstances. [/QUOTE]

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