Now that is a silly assertion. People are starving, because they do not have the needed skills to survive in their environment. It has nothing to do with what we spend our time studying here, or anywhere else.
Or do you propose that we should all work as slaves on farms to feed the poor?
Or do you propose that we should all work as slaves on farms to feed the poor? No, no. He only proposes that the scientists stop, think again and say, "Gee whiz. People are starving while we diddle with wooly mammoth mitochondria. Let's give it all to the starving poor, eh?"