Lets think about it though call the world , pluto mars what ever by another name would it
Put more food in your mouth ?
make the world a more peacefull place ?
solve the worlds health and hunger problems ?
NO
so who gives a shit about what these wiedos think
I do.
Following Chelski doesn't do any of those things does it? Dropping a few bucks in Vegas doesn't do any of those things. but you do it. You enjoy it, and it does no harm, so you do it.
In 1905, Einstein published five papers on three subjects, all were apparently useless, and one flew in the face of then current knowledge.
One demonstrated that the air was made up of moving particles,atoms.
One led to the Theory of Relativity a beautiful and elegant mathematical picture of the macro universe. But otherwise, useless.
One led to Quantum mechanics. It is ugly and illogical by the logic of our observable world. "If you think you understand it, then you don't understand it." Nils Bohr. It is responsible for transistors and therefore, radios, tv, computers, the web, pacemakers etc.. It has contributed satellites that allow farmers to get long range weather forcasts, and to measure crop yields etc. It led to nuclear reactors and bombs. But it was useless research at the time.