> What are the manageable pieces needed to make quantum computing or deriving all electrical power from the sun a reality? I don?t know, and I don?t know of anybody else who does: therefore, such things do not count as legitimate long term projects.
Boy, that wording rubs me the wrong way. This stuff is known as "research". Yes, that makes it highly uncertain. No, that does not make it an illegitimate project.
Yeah, they're legitimate "research" projects, not "engineering" projects. No usable device is expected to be produced and put into service at the end. People funding that research are buying knowledge, not useful systems.
Boy, that wording rubs me the wrong way. This stuff is known as "research". Yes, that makes it highly uncertain. No, that does not make it an illegitimate project.