[snitko]

I feel like this is all insane and doesn't make any sense. At least to the general public. What difference does it make? It doesn't even improve our understanding of reality in any meaningful way, it doesn't impact us in any way. We might have as well been where we are now technology wise without knowing about Bing Bang at all. What is it even? Because when you actually ask that question - where did it come from - it's a question you can't really answer within the framework of our consciousness. And if you can't answer that question, yet another layer above Big Bang doesn't really matter.

[mturmon]

Dark matter seems to comprise about a quarter of the mass-energy of the Universe, and we don't know what it is.

It seems worth investigating.

[dwaltrip]

Basic research has an incredible ROI over the long run. It's one of the most wisest economic investments a society can make.