So, even though potential usefulness is the reason why governments devote so much money to scientific research, people really expect more from science than that. On this view, science also has a quite different, higher aim: understanding the natural world.&#160;
因此，就算潜在的实用性是政府投入巨资进行科研的原因所在，人们对科学的实际期待却有所不同。从这个角度看，科学还有理解自然世界这样一个截然不同的更高目标。