From
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/dec/12/higgs-boson-particle-physics-benefit?CMP=twt_fd
'' ... What is beyond question even now is the huge economic benefit of particle physics. The technologies developed at Cern have already changed our lives. And, while neutrinos and the Higgs boson may seem distant from everyday life right now, I would bet that we will use them to make money and improve our lives in the long run. After all, relativity and quantum mechanics are pretty esoteric, but they underlie practically all modern technology.
But perhaps one of the biggest benefits of the current excitement will be this: watching the twists and turns of the neutrinos or the Higgs might, just might, help us as a society to become better equipped to make sense of other scientific issues, which are more politically and economically charged. MMR, stem cell research, climate change, GM foods: which way would you bet?...''
Indeed. Talvez fosse de quem sabe a bit of the trade, ir junto de top brass (viz. locals) e dizer que em termos de planeamento, so forth & so on, e n\só mas tb, que... particle physics is a benefit to us all. E daí que...
The Honourable Schoolboy
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