No. It's a financially sound way to use time, so people work on it. Anything can be intellectually interesting.
What kind of academic research does not create value? And if so, maybe it deserves to be criticized the same way.
I have friends that study social behavior of ants. Is there any way to apply that?
No. It's a financially sound way to use time, so people work on it. Anything can be intellectually interesting.
What kind of academic research does not create value? And if so, maybe it deserves to be criticized the same way.