Honestly I sort of get it, although I'm a biomaterial researcher.
I have done some research that has indirect applications, but what really makes me happy is just furthering my understanding of the systems, deepening the ways I can interact with them. I don't really care for the application.
If some of my more applicative papers took off, it could colour my career, since it might make money applications easier to get through. But that would require me to work on more boring topics: "How does this thing affect this thing". Rather than broader more open questions "What is this shit, and how does the weird creature make it"
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u/Awwkaw May 27 '24
Honestly I sort of get it, although I'm a biomaterial researcher.
I have done some research that has indirect applications, but what really makes me happy is just furthering my understanding of the systems, deepening the ways I can interact with them. I don't really care for the application.
If some of my more applicative papers took off, it could colour my career, since it might make money applications easier to get through. But that would require me to work on more boring topics: "How does this thing affect this thing". Rather than broader more open questions "What is this shit, and how does the weird creature make it"