A lot of the benefit has come from learning expertise in applications. Tons of the data science tools have roots in CERN. Tons of interesting statistical meth

A lot of the benefit has come from learning expertise in applications. Tons of the data science tools have roots in CERN. Tons of interesting statistical methods, tons of experience R&D with superconductors and all manners of sensors. Tons of math/ computation techniques / modeling, etc would not be here without for CERN. It would be sort of silly to expect that any of their actual discoveries or tests of the SM would have any actual application, but the ancillary benefits are there.