"Instead of wasting time discovering things that will likely never help us, let’s look for things that will actually prove to be beneficial to us in the future. Our resources and money could be used to fuel research in so many other more potentially beneficial ways. People may be living fairly comfortably nowadays, but there are still a lot of things out there that can make our lives a little bit better. Let’s find a cure for cancer or HIV, or if that doesn’t suit the fancy of certain scientists, how about inventing a keyboard that prevents my fingers from aching after a semester of essays and papers. There are so many great things to discover or invent that avoiding the science of black holes shouldn’t be a problem.
Suing To Stop The End Of The World
Two people are suing to stop a particle accelerator because it might create a black hole. A writer hopes the legal action wil help keep science focused on practical problems. Who needs science for science's sake, especially when it might suck us all into oblivion?
