I approve of the message that perhaps a 40 billion dollar particle accelerator is an unwise investment. Otherwise, I'm not sure there's useful information here.

I approve of the message that perhaps a 40 billion dollar particle accelerator is an unwise investment. Otherwise, I'm not sure there's useful information here. "I try to explain to a cosmologist or particle physicists that we need smarter ways to share information and make decisions in large, like-minded communities." Making decisions in large, like-minded communities? When has that ever been successful? Isn't that pretty much the opposite of what has led to physics breakthroughs, up and to this point? "And please spare me the complaints that I supposedly do not have anything better to suggest, because that is a false accusation. I have said many times that looking at the history of physics teaches us that resolving inconsistencies has been a reliable path to breakthroughs, so that’s what we should focus on." If I was a physicists and some random other physicist of little renown was to suggest that I (and everyone else) need to "focus more on the inconsistencies", I wouldn't exactly be swayed. I would be rolling my eyes. It's just not a very useful suggestion to make.