Research … is the exploration of the unknown. It is speculative, uncertain. It cannot be standardized. It succeeds, moreover, in virtually direct proportion to its freedom from performance controls, production pressures and traditional approaches … To be effective, new devices must be the responsibility of a group of enthusiasts whose attentions are undiluted by other conflicting responsibilities.”
Dr. Vannevar Bush’s Congressional testimony quoted in New Developments Division, War Department Special Staff, History of New Developments Division, War Department Special Staff, c. Apr 46, pp. 4-5. Manuscript in OCMH.