The technocrat approach is to not support fundamental research because it is assumed that the directions to proceed in and the end goals are known and achievable from concerted predictable directed effort.

Obviously wrong, but that’s the belief. It’s also one of the reasons (though not the main one) that the humanities are devalued.

Interesting that research shows that the most successful, creative scientists are more involved and interested in the humanities and the arts than less productive ones.

This is not surprising — or rather, it’s only surprising to technocrat imbeciles.

I’m jumping a lot all over the place from things I’ve read over two decades, but ya’ll motherfuckers are smart. I can jump from mountaintop to mountaintop here. The valleys can take care of themselves.