01-15-2019, 05:29 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46862486
Cern has published its ideas for a £20bn successor to the Large Hadron Collider, given the working name of Future Circular Collider (FCC).
The Geneva based particle physics research centre is proposing an accelerator that is almost four times longer and ten times more powerful.
The aim is to have the FCC hunting for new sub-atomic particles by 2050.
Critics say that the money could be better spent on other research areas such as combating climate change.
But Cern's Director-General, Prof Fabiola Gianotti described the proposal as "a remarkable accomplishment".
Honestly, I really don't see how this is a sensible use of public money. It might be cool to find out more about particle physics, but unless anyone can make the case that it'll materially benefit society in some way (for example, by uncovering a solution to the world's energy problems), it's surely better to spend it on things that have more a more immediate and direct benefit on the world (for example, feeding the hungry).
Then again, it's not expected to come online before 2050 - so, maybe we'll have solved world hunger by then. One can hope!
Cern has published its ideas for a £20bn successor to the Large Hadron Collider, given the working name of Future Circular Collider (FCC).
The Geneva based particle physics research centre is proposing an accelerator that is almost four times longer and ten times more powerful.
The aim is to have the FCC hunting for new sub-atomic particles by 2050.
Critics say that the money could be better spent on other research areas such as combating climate change.
But Cern's Director-General, Prof Fabiola Gianotti described the proposal as "a remarkable accomplishment".
Honestly, I really don't see how this is a sensible use of public money. It might be cool to find out more about particle physics, but unless anyone can make the case that it'll materially benefit society in some way (for example, by uncovering a solution to the world's energy problems), it's surely better to spend it on things that have more a more immediate and direct benefit on the world (for example, feeding the hungry).
Then again, it's not expected to come online before 2050 - so, maybe we'll have solved world hunger by then. One can hope!
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