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 In connection with this Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology, there are some academics and people in the scientific industry who are hostile to the concept of being "useful(役に立つ)." Such an attitude is very unpleasant and depressing.

Researchers who work without the idea of being "useful" = "promoting the welfare of others" will either become narrow-minded nerds or have no shame in speaking out extreme opinions.