Homework Question:

I believe that in the past, leisure time was associated with doing science and other forms of scholarship because back then, people did not investigate for the money but instead, they investigated out of curiosity. Nowadays, people do the all the work for the money and the fame. We do not think of conducting scholarly work as leisure because our minds are not set to receive only knowledge but are set to receive the payment, and the popularity. Without payment, there would not be anymore scientists, or doctors. Meaning there would not be any new discoveries either.

All those great scientists like Galileo, Newton, and many others have given a shot to finding answers to their questions. They get the respect they need and they are fine with that. Even though some of them are wrong like the great Ptolemy, who thought that the Earth was at the center of the Universe. Surely he is proud to have at least tried to understand the world he lived in without wanting much in return. I think that scientists today need to stop worrying a lot about money and fame and focus on helping human kind to understand life.