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this particle physics is just silly and it will never lead to anything but more tiny and faster particles which do inexplicable things. such useful science ... really...

Here's something actually interesting >.> but no one care about it.... http://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.2423240

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  and it will never lead to anything

Which particle physicist hurt you?

Well they are certainly very good at building big honking machines with our tax dollars! :-)

Without being an expert on the subject, I hope some of what is learned from the engineering of those big honking machines might be relevant for attempts at sustainable fusion.

Plus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_physics#Practical_app...

Well, we know no other way of building them other than by making big honking machines. It's similar to spaceflight; are you against this as well?

> this particle physics is just silly and it will never lead to anything but more tiny and faster particles which do inexplicable things.

Wikipedia has a section on the practical applications of particle physics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_physics#Practical_app....

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