The idea that it's only worth funding research that guarantees a return is a profoundly neoliberal one. It's most likely the biggest reason the progress of both scientific knowledge and technological application have slowed down in the last few decades. Both the late David Graeber and David Chapman have written about this.
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/of-flying-cars-and-the-declining-rate-of-profit
https://betterwithout.ai/stop-obstructing-science
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