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Thank you for the perspective. My gut reaction to the headline was "Are particle colliders really the biggest bang for the buck science we can do?" And you are
by wodenokoto 3y ago
Thank you for the perspective. My gut reaction to the headline was "Are particle colliders really the biggest bang for the buck science we can do?"
And you are kinda right, it doesn't have to be the biggest bang for the buck we can do in science. Its just nice it is not wasted on bridges to nowhere.
- lifeisstillgood 3y agoAgreed - and it’s one of those things that we know there is an ROI but the R rarely makes it to the original I, or even on a viable timescale. I mean giving Einstein an education is probably the highest ROI made in the past 120 years. But how do we ascribe that? Or more recently South Africa has made noises along the lines of “we raised you Elon, where’s the tax revenue now?”
- _djo_ 3y ago> Or more recently South Africa has made noises along the lines of “we raised you Elon, where’s the tax revenue now?” Source?