$8100 doesn't include the negative value of all the knowledge not gained along the way, and perhaps never to be gained in the future, since there is "no reason" to take the road to a known solution.
Many discoveries were made in search of something else.
I'll leave you with this:
"When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly didn't plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the world's first antibiotic, or bacteria killer. But I suppose that was exactly what I did."
Many discoveries were made in search of something else.
I'll leave you with this:
"When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly didn't plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the world's first antibiotic, or bacteria killer. But I suppose that was exactly what I did."
What might we miss out on?