@cjd
Let humans have at least some ambitions...
We gave up on colonizing space for almost 50 years.Humanity needs a common goal, and science could be at least a bit motivating.
@LukeAlmighty @cjd
The cost of these things rises exponentially, but there have been zero actual breakthroughs in theoretical physics in the last decades.
We're no closer to a "grand unified theory" than we were in the 1980s.
@LukeAlmighty @cjd
Then how can we judge whether "it is worth it"?
We're speaking about costs in the range of the GDP of a small country and the energy consumption of a medium one - there has to be a significant advantage o this. "Muh, knowledge" probably isn't enough.
@lain (iirc) recommended this book to me a few years ago, quite interesting:
@Jens_Rasmussen @cjd
I get you, but it has to not be divisive. And I kinda think, that most liberals don't feel like doing this.
Also, it is quite achievable, so it wouldn't work for too long.