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> They want to build ever larger accelerators just for the hell of it at this point. This is simply not true, as a quick perusal of any proposal for a future c
by SiempreViernes 4y ago
> They want to build ever larger accelerators just for the hell of it at this point.
This is simply not true, as a quick perusal of any proposal for a future collider will show: they all start with motivational statements, not with "it is a truth universally acknowledged we need another" as you claim.
What you are thinking of is ballistic missile defence, now that's a self-serving boondoggle.
- naasking 4y ago> This is simply not true, as a quick perusal of any proposal for a future collider will show: they all start with motivational statements They are pseudo motivations "justified" by appeals to pseudo problems. They are pseudo problems for exactly the reasons Hossenfelder discusses in this video and in her book.