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Steve O'Shea;88342 said:I am just tired of constantly justifying the sort of research we do when there is no obvious actual or perceived immediate value.
There is so much commercially driven research undertaken today; it is stiffling creativity.
If it helps any, I may just look like a novice, but I posted a few comments here: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/02/colossal_squid.php explaining why I thought this find is exciting, interesting, worthwhile, useful, and such. I'm sure you either already know or can poke holes in all of what I said, but perhaps my naive enthusiasm can evoke a laugh in your bitter frustration, or something? Plus, some other commenter said to ask you about the time you left a squid on your desk when you went on holiday and made a large olfactory impression on the whole lab, or something like that...
but, although I agree with that OpEd that the fickle public just has a momentary flash of interest in giant squids when they appear on the media, there is really some significance to your work.