I&#x27;m sorry, but I think this perspective is fairly naive and ignores the reality of how applied science and engineering work in universities today. You&#x27;re talking about 17th century scientists, but the reality is that in the middle of the 20th century there was a tremendous shift to applied sciences -- computer science being one of those fields -- with the goal of producing useful innovations.<p>The whole point of my blog post is this: Most academics are trying to do work that is relevant to industry, but many of them are going about it the wrong way. Nobody is saying you have to work on industry-relevant research, but if you&#x27;re going to try, at least do it right.