#basic research

Why do we do basic research? To learn about ourselves. ↗

— Walter Gilbert

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If our society continues to support basic research on how living organisms function, it is likely that my great grandchildren will be spared the agony of losing family members to most types of cancer. ↗

— Paul D. Boyer

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I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

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Basic research is very useful, but it should be more geared toward application than it was before. ↗

— Luc Montagnier

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I do think actually in this case the government does get credit for funding some of the basic research. ↗

— Steve Case

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Industry now should become a full partner of government in supporting longrange basic research. ↗

— Kenneth G. Wilson

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If you don't invest in basic research at some stage you start losing the basis of applied research. ↗

— Rolf-Dieter Heuer

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