I was having an interesting conversation with a friend the other day and thought it was a dam good topic to blog about. We were talking about how expensive most science experiments are. From the journey to the moon to the colliding of particles. Were talking insane amount of money.
The argument is, could all that money be put to better use? I mean that much money could save thousands of lives. Where do we draw the line? When does an experiment become more important than people's lives? When does knowledge become more vital?
Personally I don't know the answers. I only have questions. When you do boil it down to the facts though, you do kinda wonder if most of these grand experiments are of that much worth. What did we achieve by going to the moon? What will we achieve by colliding particles?
on the other hand people knowledge is extremely important. To broaden our minds and understand the fundamentals of the planet and space we live in. Maybe a better understanding in these things could help us with other factors such as medicine or give us a better understanding of how our planet works so we can ensure we look after it.
Like I said before I don't know much about the reasoning of these science experiments so I can't really pass a judgement on it but I would love to hear what you guys think? No this is not a little funny post but at times it's important to ask these questions. So please tell us what you think, it takes a second. Use the comment section bellow. But most of you won't. People just don't seem to care about issues that don't entertain.
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yeah i speak the truth, I may loose readers but to me it's more important that I speak about what I think as supposed to dumbing things down to increase appeal, i rather have one reader that appreciates my thoughts than 100 readers that I have to change for.
You failed to mention the iraq war cost trillions, maybe a topic you shou research.
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