回答： Franklin study the lightning, and found the widely application of electricity. And study the principle of fireflies from curiosity, then surprisingly we found luminescence.

回答： Explore the truth. Make people live better. They must have the obligation to explore the world, to increase the knowledge of human beings. It wouldn't ask them to exert more and more economical benefits, but ask them to be honest and be faithful to the science itself-for example, if they found something attractive academically, however, it's not proven to be profitable, they may choose to continue their study. However, in today's market, these kind of researches can only be subsidized only by the government or non-profit organizations. For a modern company, the always need more and more researches to help them win a comercial combat. It depends. For example, the competition among several mobile phone manufacturers.

回答： 可能会导致研究人员在研究过程中急功近利，从而错过一些可能是至关重要的东西。我记得苹果的创始人乔布斯在一所大学做过演讲，他曾提到他在上学时曾特别痴迷于各种漂亮的字体设计，并花了很多时间学习。当时看这完全不是immediate application,然而在苹果公司早期，他们漂亮的字体却成为使他们与众不同重要因素。

回答： 我相信有这样的研究，但应该没有人回去做。因为如果研究成果确定，那么就说明这项研究是已知的，或者是有人已经做过了类似的研究。所以，这样的研究多半是没有意义的。

回答： 是研究继续进行的动力，也是压力。