Academics appreciate the pure search for knowledge, whether or not it can ever be put to use.  This is the pinnacle:

In what appears to be an attempt on Amruthavalli’s part to understand suicide by hanging, the housewife hanged herself from the ceiling of her family home in Madivala on July 7.

What the suicide note says:

‘No one is responsible for my death. For many days I have harboured a wish and have had doubts about how people hang themselves. So just I am trying to get to the bottom of the matter by hanging myself. No one should be held responsible for my death. I love you Bava, I love you dad, mom and my sisters. I love you Saran. Thanks for everything Athama.’

-Amruthavalli

Hood hello: nimbupani.