One LHC A Year
Friday, September 21, 2012 - 06:10
in Psychology & Sociology
If you chance to take part in a conversation with people arguing that they do not want their tax money to go into building huge science gadgets whose utility for humanity is doubtful and null to them in particular, you have better be equipped with a sound way to shut their mouth.Of course, one way is to explain with patience the importance of basic science, the investment in the future, etcetera. You might like to insert well-learned quotes, such as "Fatti non foste a viver come bruti, ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza" ("You were not made to live like beasts, but to follow virtue and knowledge" - Homer, the Odyssey). Well, good luck with that - I bet your argument will not go very far with the kind of opposition I have in mind. read more