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Old 05-08-2010, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by renormalised View Post
Science is not about being practical. If you want practical, do engineering. Science is about understanding and discovering the why of it all. Most of your worldly goods and chattels ultimately derive their existence from purely "impractical" science. Think about it.
I don't entirely agree..Science began to solve simple problems and most science is driven by the need to invent/manufacture something useful or solve some sort of problem...even more applicable today...and most science courses are aimed at this market. Pure theoretical science is mostly just that...
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