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Originally Posted by Shiraz
I have also heard this view expressed by others Allan. I disagree with it.
This work is peering into the very nature of the stuff that makes up universe. I cannot think of any more meaningful activity in Physics. It is wonderful to see the hero projects (LHC, LIGO etc) delivering the goods. I am hopeful that some of this research could eventually give us an understanding of what dark energy and dark matter are - it is slightly disturbing to live in a universe where 97% of it is unknown in nature.
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I think that as a professor of physics his viewpoint was important.
How do we know that we aren't just combining building blocks to
create new particles?
It was more - an important question - than a statement of any fact.