[neals]

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?

[adrianN]

One can plausibly argue that finding out how the universe works is one of the things that matters least.

[f6v]

There’re so many people who think they already know how it works. And that’s a huge problem.

[exe34]

only if you have no imagination or want to be 'discovered' and civilised.

[voidfunc]

This is such a privileged "I dont have real problems" take its hilarious.

[daseiner1]

i’d imagine food shelter and dignified employment rank just a little higher.

in terms of higher-order needs, meaningful connection and love are quite a bit more important to me.

[NitpickLawyer]

> food shelter and dignified employment

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.

[tiborsaas]

Yes, but it needs some rebranding / reframing. We should declare a global war on the universe and spend all the military budget on research and development to exploit its secrets.

[constantcrying]

>every remotely feasible physics experiment should be top priority on getting funding and attention.

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.