Comment on bro pls
Sodis@feddit.de 1 year agoThe thing is, that you can’t predict, what fundamental science will lead to. In the case of the LHC the tangible returns are technologies, that can be adapted to other fields, like detectors. There are enough other arguments, why a bigger accelerator is a bad idea, where you do not need to trash fundamental research as a whole.
nicetriangle@kbin.social 1 year ago
You have any links to info on these technologies? I've done some googling today and in the past and come up with little specifics on the LHC gave us X or helped lead to the development of X that is now being used for Y.
And I'm not saying we need to trash research. Just that research could be done on things that more directly answer some of the very real problems we have right now before this planet goes up in flames.
Sodis@feddit.de 1 year ago
These things are really special interest. They developed small scale particle detectors, that are nowadays used in medical physics for example (PET scanners and so on). Then their electronics need to be very insensitive to radiation damage, that is also important for everything space related. There is probably some R&D on superconducting magnets as well, that can be adapted to other purposes, but I am not too up to date in this field and I am not sure, if Cern is a major player there.
nicetriangle@kbin.social 1 year ago
Thanks I appreciate some specifics. It's pretty cloudy when I've looked into this myself.
slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
The world wide web, for one.
nicetriangle@kbin.social 1 year ago
The LHC – specifically – and not CERN generally developed the world wide web?
Gabu@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Imagine thinking that the literal, fundamental fabric of reality isn’t important research…