Size Doesn't Matter, Even In Particle Physics

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Size Doesn't Matter, Even In Particle Physics

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Someone's got their particles in a twist about CERN's collider ambitions! 🔬⚛️ This hot take compares building bigger particle accelerators to... well... compensating for something!

The poster is having a meltdown over CERN's $68 billion plan for a larger hadron collider, claiming physicists should focus on better theories first rather than smashing particles at higher energies hoping for discoveries. It's like accusing scientists of playing an extremely expensive game of "hit things harder and see what happens!"

In reality, particle physics has always balanced theory and experiment—sometimes you need to smash things at higher energies to discover particles predicted by theory (hello, Higgs boson!) and sometimes unexpected experimental results lead to revolutionary theories. It's not an either/or situation—it's scientific tango!

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