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> what was the last collider worth building?...It's perfectly rational and intellectually honest to say "whichever one gave us something that got commercialized
by gonzobonzo 2y ago
> what was the last collider worth building?...It's perfectly rational and intellectually honest to say "whichever one gave us something that got commercialized / helped people / etc."
It seems like the LHC wouldn't pass this test? In which case, continuing down the path wouldn't make sense under this criteria.
- refulgentis 2y agoRight! :) (the thing is, "continuing down the path" is a Not Even Wrong (in the Pauli sense) description of what's going on. It's a hopelessly confused. At least, I have given up hope: I wrote a quite detailed post, with both a TL;DR and longer, linking out to an approachable article, explaining this.)