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The current generation also had CERN which gave us confirmation of Higgs and LIGO which confirmed Gravity Waves, two of the biggest discoveries of the century.
by drumhead 4y ago
The current generation also had CERN which gave us confirmation of Higgs and LIGO which confirmed Gravity Waves, two of the biggest discoveries of the century.
- anigbrowl 4y agotbqh confirmations aren't exciting unless you're in that scientific field. Most people just hear 'we spent $10 billion and found that our predictions about something too small to detect any other way were correct.' Sure there are downstream benefits in everything from heavy engineering to database design, but that's too abstract for most people. That's why people make up conspiracy theories instead about how the LHC is pulling the earth into a different timeline and changing the facts of the past. It's paranoid nonsense but it's interesting seems like the sort of exciting outcome you should get in return for $10b. I kinda think CERN should lean into it, sponsor Half Life 3 or something.