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Posted by: Phaedrus 1 year, 3 months ago

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Phaedrus1 year, 3 months ago

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The world actually needs this, jeyliberty. The kids that play with this oversized toy will become the world's next generation of particle physicists, and even if the experiment produces nothing useful, these kids will find work producing clean nuclear energy when all the world' oil is gone, and some might even find jobs making isotopes for medical research and treatment of disease...

Bottom line: yeah, it's one expensive toy, but it will educate the next generation of smart nuclear engineers - and that's got to be worth something.

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  deeziner1 year, 3 months ago
  
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  Yeah, but where will the next generation of "smart nuclear engineers" come from if they f**k things up, as mankind is prone to doing?
  
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    smithichie1 year, 3 months ago
    
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    Technology is a double edged sword, this is true today just as it was in the past. Learning to control fire has led to some being burned but what is the alternative? Personally I think the risk is worth cooked food and a warm house.
    
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    jcpalmnj1 year, 3 months ago
    
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    I say if we screw the universe up, so be it! what is an anonymous internet commenter going to do about it? Besides You and me will both die withing the next 150 years anyway. Universally speaking, that is so little time that ,universally speaking of course, it never happened. Get over it man. Either the universe ends (doubtful), or we discover our very origins (besides apes that is), and so many other possibilities that this could create. You make the choice for yourself and hope you can please every little insignificant internet commenter in the world. So what's your move?
    
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