ht to Max Heiman's @heiman.bsky.social thoughtful and lovely thread on A. E. Housman advocacy for basic curiosity-driven discovery research.
Javier Apfeld
In this 1892 lecture, the poet A. E. Housman advocates for basic curiosity-driven discovery research:
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~martinh/poe...
I've copied some of my favorite parts below.
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