• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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    11 months ago

    Budget: Military Complex > CERN

    Long term value to citizens: CERN > Miltary Complex

    All historical CERN expenses combined are a tiny fraction of the yearly expenses of the combined EU miltary

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      11 months ago

      US Congress: Audit NASA > Audit the Pentagon

      EU: Audit CERN > Audit Luxemborg/Malta/UK

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    11 months ago

    Guys, the trick is to get it partially built and then cancel funding. Then scientists will never trust you to fund anything ever again, and you get to act like science is a waste of money while you’re spending ridiculous sums on fighter jets.

    Yes, I am still bitter about Waxahatchie.

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        11 months ago

        If you ask the scientists in my local Facebook group, it could kill all of them. That is, the ones not already killed by vaccines and 5G.