I’m not a scientist Charles. I don’t need to be a scientist to be curious, to read and to understand just enough of the topic to get a general picture without diving into advanced math or theories since I’m not involved with proving any theories myself.
I still don’t agree with your point of view of scientific research being a waste. If the funding is available, someone is interested enough in the topic, research away and see what comes out...
But we can agree to disagree.
Perhaps the link below will serve as a thought on “what theoretical proposals achieve.” Imagine a world where scientific curiosity and experimentation is stifled because every scientist needs to be pragmatic and reasonable first and foremost.
“Advances in the knowledge of the laws of nature consisting either of experimental discoveries or theoretical proposals that were confirmed experimentally. “
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time...cs_discoveries