My original claim is that new technology is not getting funded by dumping energy into bitcoin mining. Proof-of-stake was proposed as a counter example, but as discussed it may actually predate bitcoin's adoption. It may be true that dumping energy into bitcoin can fund the adoption of a proof-of-stake coin, but that is no longer a new technology, it is simply adoption.

So I stand by my original point - the resources going into bitcoin are not fueling technology research.

They may be fueling PoS Ethereum adoption, but that is another argument entirely.