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Re:Particle Physicists Continue to Make Empty Promises by SiempreViernes on Friday October 23, 2020 @08:12AM (#24868596)
Well, it does have actual real world impact: it trains a lot of people in data analysis and drives a lot of R&D in very technical fields among other things. In fact, the economic benefit[1] of CERN due to all these other things has been estimated as a net positive while excluding the value of science, which is either good or bad news depending on how you view it.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf82KOPvTOk

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Re:Particle Physicists Continue to Make Empty Promises by feoren on Friday October 23, 2020 @11:08PM (#24876633)
And what's unique about that to Yet Another Particle Collider compared with the myriad other challenging, data-heavy experiments we could be investing in?
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