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P.S.S.
Also don't forget the balance between abstract and application. The balance needs to be about equal - you can't just do abstract all the time.
Analogy 14.3b: Two potholes are in the road and need to be repaired. The abstract person argues that they need to spend all their time and resources on building a better road that will not develop potholes, rather than keep repairing. Therefore, the potholes are left. One month later there are now 4 potholes. 6 months later there are so many potholes that the road is now not even able to be driven upon and the people that depend on that road are now out of luck - unfortunately the new road hasn't been developed yet.
Point being you can't live in the future 100%. Nor do I believe can you live in it 80%. There has to be a balance between abstract and application. The bridge needs to be built, and astronomy needs to be funded. The original poster completely discounted the bridge as pork, and in my opinion is thinking too abstract. His point would have been better just to leave the bridge out of it - because it flaws his main argument.
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