Is money spent on research is almost a good investment
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Most of time, the research need huge amount of investment, the greater the purpose is, the more money we may need to invest. Are all these investments are worthy? As some one claimed "Money spent on research is almost always a good investment"? I can hardly agree with the above statements.
Generally speaking, no one would dispute the proposition that whole society will stop progress without investment on scientific research, since every single substance concerning with our lives today, from a piece of paper we used to write, the airplane that we travel by, to the computer we are using to type this article dues to some investments on scientific research by our previous generation. From this point of view, the investments on scientific research that have made great contributions to the well being of human being are surly " good investment". But we should also be aware that not all the investments on scientific research have lead to a good result as we wish. If the purpose of research is not carefully set and guided, investment on scientific research will not only bring us results that help to improve human being's living status but also release some awesome power that may threaten existence of human being. The research of nuclear power, for instance, offered a new source that is cleaner and much more efficient than any other type of energy resources for electrical power generation, and also improved medical diagnostic techniques, but at same time, the nuclear weapon that can wipe off a city in just several seconds was lead from this research too. The total killing power of existing nuclear weapon can extinct human being for hundred times...