I really think you have it backwards on basic and speculative research to lose financing from the public. How would you propose &quot;proving that results are beneficial to society&quot;? And how is this different from the current funding proposal process? Committees that fund proposals certainly look at the success of prior research by the group.<p>I don&#x27;t think anyone would disagree with you when you say &quot;We should rather find and implement a model that leads to best research results possible.&quot; Viable alternative models are what I am looking for.