[1] Mathematicians have a toast -- "Here's to pure mathematics! May it never have any use", which is attributed to Godfrey Harold Hardy. A science equivalent wouldn't make much sense, would it?
Well, that depends on the field. Is studying the relationships of a long-extinct group of herbivorous reptiles somehow "useful"? At the very least, it begs the question, "Useful for what?" -- T. Michael Keesey The Dinosauricon: http://dino.lm.com Parry & Carney: http://parryandcarney.com