Fallacies (2)
Progress
When I look at b&w pictures, go to the hospital, drive through highways, or take planes, I often think: we've progressed. I've always thought progress is inherent to human kind, so that it's a matter of time to discover a cure to whichever disease or to build the long-awaited global physics theory.
I was said: Researchers have to eat.
It's unlikely that your professional career (or one of your friend's) is research-focused. In such case, probably you get paid by an university.
It can depend on each country's idiosincracy, but on average researchers at universities claim they would earn more if they would have chosen to work for a private company. It seems there's a confusion here.
In my opinion, research performed by private companies fits solely in a pragmatic roadmap: it gets justified by the final results (competitive advantage, time-to-market, monopoly granted by patents, etc.). The profound goodness it can give to society or even humanity is far less important than the return-on-investment. There're examples all-over, as companies operating on industry sectors such as biological, computer processors, highly-specific software, etc.
Terrorism
I was said: Irak has weapons of mass destruction.
Piracy
I was said: The victims are the authors.
Economy science
I was said: Who thinks Google is not great?.
Idols
I was said: Bill Gates is a genius.
Culture
I was said: I wanna be buried where I was born
Life
I heard others said: study to prepare yourself to work
