CERN is where the excitement is in particle physics, looking for the so-called God Particle. Now, I see there's a conspiracy theory on the God Particle and the Illuminati. Really? Don't we have Ron Paul/Alex Jones for that?
Really, this is a neat perspective on the LHC and its research. The rush to say something reminds me of the hulabaloo over "cold fusion," which if you just think about it, is in itself a contradiction of terms.
Scientists compete for funding, and in the Internet age, that funding is directly proportional to relevancy. Everyone that reads a story about the CERN collider will ask two important questions:
W-I-I-T-F-M: "what's in it for me?"
W-I-I-U-C-M: "what is it ultimately costing me?"
Those two questions, along with our current intractable political climate, is the reason scientific advancement in non-consumer areas has slowed to a snail's pace.
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