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[–] Gorillatactics@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So dollar for dollar, are all those colliders worth their value over say extra tenure position for scientists?

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The colliders wouldn't exist without people in the tenured position. Tenure is protection from capital interests. It's not just a culture war thing.

[–] Gorillatactics@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm asking if the capital interest skew public research towards mega projects.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Yea, that is a problem just by the fact that it creates more pots of funding.

[–] crackajack@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

Perhaps, but we'd benefit more as a collective knowing the secrets of the cosmos.