I think that science is very important in our everyday lives, more so than something like History, because lets face it, the only possible profession that involves being good at history is being a teacher,or being Nicholas Cage in National Treasure. Even though it seems that some scientific questions posed have no relevance to us, in the long run knowledge is power and the more we know the better off we are. A reason to study things that might seem unimportant is becasue you never know where they will lead. Lets say that a crazy scientist is studying the importance of biolumiescense in jelly fish. This might not seem important, but lets say that he finds out the chemical used in biolumicense, is a great chemical for treating cancer, with a little work the cure is found due to a completley random act of science. While this is probably not plausible, you never know where you will find answers.
Another good reason to explore random scientific questions is because they also help us to learn more about ourselves and the world we are living in. While humans like to think that we know everything we don't even know if there is any other life in the galaxy besides us. There could entire worlds out in space and the only way to discover them is through science. If you look back at history, some of the greatest thinkers/inventors such as Issac Newton and Albert Einstein were really nothing more than crazy scientists that were curious about the world we live in and they wanted to learn more. So to answer to initial questions, yes I do think that investing time in somewhat unnecessary scientific questions is important, becasue we still have a lot to learn.
I posted on a lot of peoples blogs such as Travis, Ryan, Reiss, Nick, etc you can pretty much check anyones blog.
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Ben - you make a good point that i agreeded with and wrote about as well: knowledge is knowledge, a discovery is a discovery no matter how great.
Good job on your blog
nice.. i feel like you're going to be a scientist who invests your time in answering all the questions you have about the world.. and end up discovering the cure for cancer. nice. (:
Ben I really agree with your "knowledge is power" saying. It really is true and the new findings of today will give us power tomorrow.
Ben i agree with you in that pursuing random ideas can lead to great things.
Has anyone tried using the bioluminessence chemicals for cancer yet?
I agree with what you said ben with your comment about knowledge.
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