Undersea Neutrino Observatory To Be Second-Largest Human Structure

Every time a story like this about a massive particle physics project surfaces, my stomach turns. I am by no means anti-science; I did my undergrad in physics, and am a graduate student in engineering. It all just seems like a massive misappropriation of resources. One can blow the horn of scientific inquiry all day, but there are incredibly daunting and very real challenges facing the world today (e.g., energy, toxicology) that need the attention of intelligent people. We live in such a unique time in human existence, when we have this massive supply of cheap energy.

So do we have an energy problem or not?

Your inconsistency notwithstanding, you could pick something better to complain about than spending

trillions of dollars into understanding physical effects which will bear no consequence on the extreme challenges we will face in the very, very near future.

Try military spending [wikipedia.org], or even luxuries like cosmetics and perfumes [worldwatch.org]. Besides, I doubt anyone can say with certainty that those poorly-understood physical effects bear no consequence. It's entirely within the realm of possibility that such understanding could provide the keystone to overcoming the challenges you point out.

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