Comments by "Martin Maat" (@MartinMaat) on "The Secrets of the Universe" channel.

To me, a European citizen moderately interested in science, this sounds like a commercial. And I feel these folks want to see a particle in everything, because LHC. "If the only tool you've got is a hammer, everything just has to be a nail" comes to mind. I want the European parliament to assess what went into this, what came out and what we can realistically expect in terms of practical applications. "But it's science!". Yeah, right. I'm all for that. But this is really expensive science, there is a lot to be investigated and there's only one pool of money. Do we need more of the same? How much of the LHC budget goes into securing funds for more of this? Isn't this very video a testament of the monster this has become?
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