Visse grupper har givet udtryk for, at det ikke giver mening at investere i videnskab, hvis man ikke har de nødvendige ressourcer, og der bør gøres noget for at modbevise dette.
In modern terms, his voyage was a scientific experiment to confirm that the Earth was round, yet it not only changed the map of the world – it influenced everything that has happened in the world since then.