Unpopular opinion: The last time we had progression in the foundation of physics we just got even more powerful world destroying nuclear weapons. Maybe it's j

Unpopular opinion: The last time we had progression in the foundation of physics we just got even more powerful world destroying nuclear weapons. Maybe it's just too dangerous to advance physics outside of deeply classified government programs. In order to keep new physics from destroying the earth, funding is diverted to make work projects for physicists working in cosmology and string theory that will never actually have practical significance.