[LenS]

Yes, that was a stupid thought. While liberal arts professors make their bones writing about nothing, engineers and scientists get their prestige and earnings from actually doing something. Find nothing and they’ll generally find their funding going bye-bye (ethanol excepted).

Besides, a $15 billion accelerator has a much greater chance of producing benefits than a $15 billion road project in downtown Boston.

[Robert A Cook PE]

The annual budget for a collider is just about the same as for a large (government-funded-liberal-artsy) symphony, or opera, or arts museum.....

Construction funding is higher, but more people get something from the collider, on a per-person basis, if you consider the 2nd & 3rd tier results.

[ari-freedom]

if they don’t find anything they’ll still get funding from the govt or a grant from govt subsidized universities. That’s why you have tenured liberal arts professors in the first place.

[Alex Murphy]

Besides, a $15 billion accelerator has a much greater chance of producing benefits than a $15 billion road project in downtown Boston.

Not if the road leads out of Boston...