I Danish there is an expression called &quot;grundforskning&quot; (fundamental research).<p>It&#x27;s research done to create new knowledge but without any specific application in mind.<p>It&#x27;s the foundation of future applied technologies just like quantum mechanics was for the laser.<p>When the government stop putting money into &quot;fundamental research&quot; it hurts everyones ability to maybe come up with revolutionary solutions for problems in the future.<p>Integral Research used to give their researchers a decade to find a way to make their research applicable I remember in the beginning of the zeroes it was down to a 3 years or something like that.<p>The question we need to ask ourselves is not whether it&#x27;s corrupting research but weather it&#x27;s corrupting our future.