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I feel like with all the silly things humans do, every remotely feasible physics experiment should be top priority on getting funding and attention. Isn't findi

by neals 1y ago

I feel like with all the silly things humans do, every remotely feasible physics experiment should be top priority on getting funding and attention. Isn't finding out how the universe works, by far, the only thing that matters?

daseiner1 1y ago
i’d imagine food shelter and dignified employment rank just a little higher. in terms of higher-order needs, meaningful connection and love are quite a bit more important to me.
- NitpickLawyer 1y ago
  > food shelter and dignified employment None of those are technological or even theoretical problems, tho. We (humanity as a whole) thoroughly understand all of them. Whatever your post meant with listing them is stemming from politics more than scientific understanding. I don't think there's a politician's head collider out there, but maybe we should build one.
  - exe34 1y ago
    there was a scene in SG-1 where O'Neill locks up a bunch of aliens in a room and said they would not be released until they came to some agreement. I always thought there should be a religious army with the entire world's military might, who's central tenet is that they do and decide nothing except enforce what the nations decide - and the nations get to decide in any way they want except violence - but they may choose a champion on each side of a divide, and the champions may hold a knife fight to the death. the army would then enforce the deal of the winner's side.
  - dgellow 1y ago
    Resource allocation is political
voidfunc 1y ago
This is such a privileged "I dont have real problems" take its hilarious.
adrianN 1y ago
One can plausibly argue that finding out how the universe works is one of the things that matters least.
- exe34 1y ago
  only if you have no imagination or want to be 'discovered' and civilised.
- f6v 1y ago
  There’re so many people who think they already know how it works. And that’s a huge problem.
tiborsaas 1y ago
Yes, but it needs some rebranding / reframing. We should declare a global war on the universe and spend all the military budget on research and development to exploit its secrets.
constantcrying 1y ago
>every remotely feasible physics experiment should be top priority on getting funding and attention. There are innumerable "feasible" experiments, far exceeding global GDP. >Isn't finding out how the universe works, by far, the only thing that matters? Is trying to maximize our understanding of a small part of physics really the best way to go about this. Is it even more important than curing cancer.

by neals 1y ago

daseiner1 1y ago

i’d imagine food shelter and dignified employment rank just a little higher. in terms of higher-order needs, meaningful connection and love are quite a bit more important to me.

NitpickLawyer 1y ago
> food shelter and dignified employment None of those are technological or even theoretical problems, tho. We (humanity as a whole) thoroughly understand all of them. Whatever your post meant with listing them is stemming from politics more than scientific understanding. I don't think there's a politician's head collider out there, but maybe we should build one.
- exe34 1y ago
  there was a scene in SG-1 where O'Neill locks up a bunch of aliens in a room and said they would not be released until they came to some agreement. I always thought there should be a religious army with the entire world's military might, who's central tenet is that they do and decide nothing except enforce what the nations decide - and the nations get to decide in any way they want except violence - but they may choose a champion on each side of a divide, and the champions may hold a knife fight to the death. the army would then enforce the deal of the winner's side.
- dgellow 1y ago
  Resource allocation is political

voidfunc 1y ago

This is such a privileged "I dont have real problems" take its hilarious.

adrianN 1y ago

One can plausibly argue that finding out how the universe works is one of the things that matters least.

exe34 1y ago
only if you have no imagination or want to be 'discovered' and civilised.
f6v 1y ago
There’re so many people who think they already know how it works. And that’s a huge problem.

tiborsaas 1y ago

Yes, but it needs some rebranding / reframing. We should declare a global war on the universe and spend all the military budget on research and development to exploit its secrets.

constantcrying 1y ago

>every remotely feasible physics experiment should be top priority on getting funding and attention. There are innumerable "feasible" experiments, far exceeding global GDP. >Isn't finding out how the universe works, by far, the only thing that matters? Is trying to maximize our understanding of a small part of physics really the best way to go about this. Is it even more important than curing cancer.