Jim of WVa
Well Known GateFan
If they did that, half their money would dry up! The funding strategy of CERN and the LHC is no different from UNICEF or any charitable organization. They tell you all the wonderful things they are doing (or going to do) with your money, and kindly ask for donations starting at one million dollars to continue their noble cause. The ROI is dismal for the facility. The advancements made at CERN are mediocre considering the cost of the projects. There is even a subset of parasitic private entities which sell specialized chips and hardware specifically for the facility and survive solely on their vendor relationship with CERN.
Check this out: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/...llider-lhc-god-particle-hiatus_n_2410871.html
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BTW, anyone with evidence debunking what I have said, please chime on in and swing with the best you got! Particularly my numbered list of things known to be theoretical (like the higgs Boson and also the "four fundamental forces").
The Higgs Boson will not be found. But glorious "new discoveries" will pepper the journey to nowhere, continuing funding for a bit longer until the gig is up. By then there will be requests for money to communicate to (theorized) beings existing on large subatomic particles.
All of mainstream science debunks you.
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wow...
You should, at least, quote a message when you post a one word message, so that we can tell what you are reacting to.
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Here is where the "science and math people" get mad and call me a lowbrow Luddite,but-Reading and seeing some results of science experiment and research is cool-sometimes- but I do not really see a point to them unless they ultimately are going to lead to a "betterment of society".
This goes hand in hand with the research to publication process I have ranted about before in other threads (that is the speed at which anything "new" found in history/archaeology and other areas takes to get from the find to public domain/ "in the books") research done for the sake of research; so that physics post grad can get another PhD-with the PhD being the only 'good' that comes from the experiment.
I realize things come in steps and a lengthy process can ensue in science--hence my questioning of what could the higgs bosun do for us in time--and that rarely, if ever, are new findings completed in one step.
With the research in switzerland for example, and the search for the "god particle"-what is the purpose beyond the find? With us knowing how the god particle works-it will allow us to do what?
Learning what causes materials to have mass and inertia could lead to anti-gravity technology or spacecraft able to accelerate to nearly the speed of light (~0.9999c).