I feel like with all the silly things humans do, every remotely feasible physics experiment should be top priority on getting funding and attention. Isn't finding out how the universe works, by far, the only thing that matters?
in terms of higher-order needs, meaningful connection and love are quite a bit more important to me.
None of those are technological or even theoretical problems, tho. We (humanity as a whole) thoroughly understand all of them. Whatever your post meant with listing them is stemming from politics more than scientific understanding. I don't think there's a politician's head collider out there, but maybe we should build one.
I always thought there should be a religious army with the entire world's military might, who's central tenet is that they do and decide nothing except enforce what the nations decide - and the nations get to decide in any way they want except violence - but they may choose a champion on each side of a divide, and the champions may hold a knife fight to the death. the army would then enforce the deal of the winner's side.
There are innumerable "feasible" experiments, far exceeding global GDP.
>Isn't finding out how the universe works, by far, the only thing that matters?
Is trying to maximize our understanding of a small part of physics really the best way to go about this. Is it even more important than curing cancer.