Quote Originally Posted by Nickelking View Post
as a geek I can't wait until 9/10 to see what we learn, but a lot of folks are saying we shouldn't meddle with this kind of stuff. Opinions?
Objectively speaking (but, of course, I'm interested in other points of view) research into "pure science" starts out as innocent intellectual curiosity and ends up killing people. What have we gained from nuclear physics, so far, besides atomic bombs and nuclear reactors? These huge public science projects are work-fare for scientists so that they'll be available to build the next big weapon (if they don't blow us up by accident along the way).