it reminds me of something on the millennium falconghostrunner wrote:
I'm pretty sure I just saw this in that Deja Vu movie with Denzel Washington. They use it to look back in time and zap pieces of paper into the past.
The LHC must never be allowed to open!
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jim wrote:The transistor and World Wide Web came out of high energy physics research. You can't predict the uses that will come out of pure research, but if history is any guide than the benefits will be great.Secret Weapon wrote:And what exactly kind of information do we get out of doing this stuff? Is it really worth the 8 billions dollars spent on building the machine and also risking the end of the universe to get this info?
Plus, ending the universe would be SO COOL!!!!!!
Now we all deserve to die
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I don't know that some people will ever understand the great value of serendipity gained by man attempting to understand the universe. It all sounds like obscure insignificant talk until you're using it to cook your food.jim wrote:The transistor and World Wide Web came out of high energy physics research. You can't predict the uses that will come out of pure research, but if history is any guide than the benefits will be great.Secret Weapon wrote:And what exactly kind of information do we get out of doing this stuff? Is it really worth the 8 billions dollars spent on building the machine and also risking the end of the universe to get this info?
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Well, just to play devil's advocate, it's worth questioning whether we really needed the internet or a new way to cook food isn't it? The aim of most major household inventions has been to save time and perhaps give us more time with our loved ones. It seems like that doesn't really happen though. Much of the hard work was done as a cooperative effort and people socialized in the process. Now we bank online, order off the web, etc..... We don't need the help of the family to cook, so we let them go do what they want to do by themselves. That's oversimplifying, but we didn't have all this pollution 200 years ago.clevername wrote:I don't know that some people will ever understand the great value of serendipity gained by man attempting to understand the universe. It all sounds like obscure insignificant talk until you're using it to cook your food.jim wrote:The transistor and World Wide Web came out of high energy physics research. You can't predict the uses that will come out of pure research, but if history is any guide than the benefits will be great.Secret Weapon wrote:And what exactly kind of information do we get out of doing this stuff? Is it really worth the 8 billions dollars spent on building the machine and also risking the end of the universe to get this info?
Obviously, I'm on this board frequently, so I don't agree with that perspective. But it's arguable I think, and it's reasonable for people to object to the spending even if they take advantage of past developments.
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that's getting more into a value argument than a "does research lead to new, useful technology?". I understand it's all intertwined, but I think the fact that these things are used daily by the masses makes it all too difficult to tease out whether it's right or wrong. Whether or not they were invented as direct offshoots from other research isn't up for question, though.
How about this: where would we be without x-rays, CT scans, MRI, nuclear medicine, etc.?
Research offshoots provide more benefits than items of convenience.
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How about this: where would we be without x-rays, CT scans, MRI, nuclear medicine, etc.?
Research offshoots provide more benefits than items of convenience.
(and I'm blushing at being sig'd.)
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Dead, only sooner.clevername wrote:that's getting more into a value argument than a "does research lead to new, useful technology?". I understand it's all intertwined, but I think the fact that these things are used daily by the masses makes it all too difficult to tease out whether it's right or wrong. Whether or not they were invented as direct offshoots from other research isn't up for question, though.
How about this: where would we be without x-rays, CT scans, MRI, nuclear medicine, etc.?
That sounds flippant, and obviously a few extra years is extremely valuable to individuals, but is society improved by people living longer?
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some might argue that's less preferable than the alternative.
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living longer than what? 30? 40?
Besides, these techs are used on children, as well. It's not as simple as living to 85 instead of 80.
Besides, these techs are used on children, as well. It's not as simple as living to 85 instead of 80.