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How rich does a country have to be, then, in order to be able to "burn money on CERN"? What is the "acceptable threshold" of poverty, healthcare coverage, civil
by chimeracoder 12y ago
How rich does a country have to be, then, in order to be able to "burn money on CERN"? What is the "acceptable threshold" of poverty, healthcare coverage, civil liberties, and so forth at which a country can decide to divert money towards investing in science instead of solving these problems?
It's analogous to this XCKD, except with money instead of time: https://xkcd.com/1232/ https://xkcd.com/1232/