> We have been looking really hard for answers to persistent questions. While we have not found affirmative answers, physicists have systematically ruled out op

> We have been looking really hard for answers to persistent questions. While we have not found affirmative answers, physicists have systematically ruled out option after option after option. We have not yet discovered a unified-theory-of-everything, but we know a whole lot more about what that theory is not. I feel this answer is a bit of a self justifying cop-out. A lot of the value of physics from the perspective of society has been generating understanding about the world that actually translates into manipulating the world. Reaching the moon, superfast internet, gps, microwaves, etc... etc.. You are not wrong of course, but knowledge for the sake of knowledge is not always useful, and also not always worth funding imo.