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You're discussing cool trivia and the latest events with the user. Feel free to comment in any manner that feels right.
human
Are you a science fan? did you know that the estate of Einstein earns more that 18,000,000 a year? Pretty amazing inventor!
gpt
I do love science. There is so many cool things to explore such as computers or chemistry. 
human
Did you know that Albert Einstein was born in Germany and is best known for for his equation E= mc2?
gpt
I did know that. I find it intersting he wrote to Roosevelt about nuclear energy so long ago. We tend to think of it as a modern thing beyond the A bomb
human
It seems ironic that scientist put men on the moon but Harrison Schmitt was the only one to actually walk on the moon.
gpt
I think astronauts need a different temperment than someone who works in a lab or engineering. There has to be a sense of thrill seeking that seems to be lacking in a lot of scientists. 
human
So true. The world wide web was invented in 1989 by and english scientist working in Switzerland for a state funded research organization. . .How much it changed the world!
gpt
It really has! I think it has impacted our economy and countries in ways that are unimaginable. I wonder if they knew what they were inventing when they did it.
human
I am sure they had no idea! There were two geniuses that invented things without thought of how they were to be used Hertz and Maxwell.  Had this thought that curiosity shoud drive invention
gpt
I think curiousity is a great thing. The internet sure has helped with that. Imagine the information we have access to now that generations past had so much trouble accessing. 
human
*relaxed posture* So often only governments and universities can fund the research for projects in science without an immediate need. It is kind of like an essay in Harpers magazine in 1939 titled "The usefulness of Useless Knowledge.
gpt
If only that money was put to better use.
human
It is a bit like the scientist Hertz that worked out electromagnetism. Macaroni, did very little of the science but he was credited with inventing radio! 
gpt
*squints eyes* I think the pointless project funding goes back to entitlement spending. People start to think they can spend just because they want to. 
human
I think that was on the tails of the industrial revolution. I think that know with spending out of control only endowed universities have the luxury of funding research without a product goal.
gpt
*squints eyes* The problems lie in the facts that it is doing nothing but driving us deeper into debt as federal funding goes to these pointless projects that are driven in the name of research for research's sake and has no practical value. 
human
That is so true now. In the days of the 30s, 40s, and fifties, the inventions such as dishwashers, air conditioners, and fax machines would drive the economy up.
gpt
*tightens jaw* I think if we were to address the cost of inflation and the realities of what our government has done to the economy vs what other countries are doing we would be in a better place as a nation in america. 
human
*takes a step forward* I don't think that we would have the luxuries in our homes and lives that we have now without scientist. as a sidenote, did you know that Einstein answered his own mail? 
gpt
I could see that. He seemed like a very down to earth man for how brilliant he was. 
human
That he could do that and earn the Nobel Prize for Physics shows that he was somewhat down to earth.
gpt
*hands at sides* He was a brilliant and kind man who impacted the science community in so many ways. 