If the polio vaccine founder was motivated by profit, he'd have patented it.
If the discoverer of penicillin use in medicine was motivated by profit, he'd have patented it.
both declined, citing ethics.
Is recognition by the medical community and humanity in general not a form of profit?
Did Salk not profit by the fact that his name will forever be remembered?
You're conflating the spirit of the discussion.
Is helping humanity in general not a "profit" in your use of the word?
Sure, but the OP is referencing Capitalism, not "every invention ever was made because the inventor had a reason."
It's just useless psychobabble.