The middle-aged man adjusted the Gold-Rimmed Glasses on his nose and said with a smile, "That is certain."
"Dean Min, you came from Commoners and prefer to stand on the side of Commoners. That is understandable."
"But you cannot disregard the facts because of that."
"The fact is, we all know that genetic research is fundamentally different from theoretical research in subjects like mathematics and physics!"
"For theoretical research in mathematics and physics, I believe there are gifted independent scholars who can produce results even more outstanding than those of the Academicians at the Imperial Royal Academy of Sciences!"
"Because theoretical research in those fields really only requires a good brain."
The man pointed to his head. "All thinking takes place in the brain."
"As long as someone has a high enough IQ and sufficient accumulated knowledge, they can rely on their own strength to make scientific discoveries and conduct research that surpasses their era."
"There are many documented examples of this throughout history."
"But genetic research is different."
"It does not actually require an exceptionally high IQ, but it requires resources—massive resources—to verify one's theories."
"Because in our Beichen Empire, licensed genetic research without experimental results to support it is not recognized on theory alone."
"Everyone knows that the most resource-intensive, meaning the most expensive, field of research is genetic research."
"Often, investments of ten or twenty years, or even hundreds or thousands of years, yield no results at all."
"Let us not even discuss whether Academician Tantai Sinian's former assistant had special permission to conduct genetic research at that level. Even if she did, did she have enough financial resources to support such research?!"
"We investigated her background. She came from an utterly ordinary family, was not a Gene Evolver, and neither was anyone in her family."
"Her