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This is CERN. They approved a study into building one.

They exist to study these things. Take away the toys and the institution has a hard time justifying itself. This is mostly self preservation.

In my opinion we should give the Lhc a 25 year leash and then give the whole super-high energy colliders thing a rest.

Put the funding into other research areas in physics; the reductionists have had their turn :)

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You should problably note that this collider is first planned to begin building around 30 years after the LHC was in put into operation. And it will probably take longer to build as well so put around 10 more years on that and you have 40 years after the LHC was put into operation.

So $23 billion over 40 years that would make it about 50 million a year. Just a few million more than what the US military spends on viagra.

You mean ~500 million.

Woops! 500 million is correct. Thank you!

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