I would like to disagree here about scientists. World has many researchers with many great ideas. The problem is "bureaucracy" and the fact, that people is greedy in general. Let me explain a little bit. For any new thing, like some cure, car technology, new energy source, or whatever you can imagin it can be researched, there are two areas, where it get slowed down. First are papers. For everything, you need tons of papers, way too many offices you need to visits, too many approvals you have to have. Annd this takes time, because politicians or office persons can only talk. Month, two three? Yes, we have it "in discussion". You are saying that you are ready? Haha, we are not, so back off! ... The next thing is money. Todays rich people are rich because they work well with some "technology", lets put it that way. Anything new, what helps people gets them "into the danger", that people will not want their services. One example for all, Few years ago, there was something about energy source in Australia, the goverment blocked research and building of solar powerplants to preserve coal digging. They do not care what this is bad, helps noone, and will destroy our planet sooner. Why? Because they have money from it now and when they die ... well ... who cares? And that is so sad ...
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Papers
Papers are the only way that researchers are able to collaborate from around the world and share their methodologies and data for other researchers to potential replicate and validate. Without validation there will be no research being translated so i believe that papers are in fact an essential process to both the research itself and being able to translate it into the real world. Example: Drug companies cannot let drugs go on to clinical development without going through rigorous studies which involve entire rooms of paper containing all of the data needed.
Money
While money is a large factor in research and translation into practice because it costs such large amounts for every day that research is being undertaken on a given problem with clinical trials being on example with extremely large costs to run. Companies and governments funding these will obviously take into account the cost and benefit ratios to determine the viability of each potential research area for development.
In regards to the comment on coal mining in Australia, I'm an Australian resident and believe that renewable energy is being looked at here however at this time the cost and benefit ratios are obviously still within the range for it to be profitable. Many mine sites in Australia have rehabilitation programs in place that go on for years after mine closure to restore the site to its native state. I believe it will not be long before coal is no longer mined once new research is able to be translated in the renewable energy fields. Once again showing the utter importance for both researchers and translational researchers.
Yep :-)
The current Australian Government is divided between those who believe in science and those who don't.
But how can you not believe in science?