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Re: Can particle physics at the LHC have (4.00 / 3)
Agreed. Why can't satisfying human curiosity be an end of its own? Furthering our understanding of "how things work" sounds plenty useful to me.

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde
by NordicStorm (m<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Thu Feb 21st, 2008 at 07:19:00 AM EST
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