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RE: Live from CERN - When sushis can help in the development of a future particle collider
Great post. I love anything CERN related. Smashing particles I'm a a book geek! I think Cern holds the 🔑 Key to a lot more of our few tech.
We have to develop ourselves some technologies for building our experiments. As a result, we are indeed releasing a lot of stuff free from any patent to the society. After all, that's the least we can do :D I really hope to see new discoveries during my career (I still have plenty of years in front of me ^^ )
Let me ask you a question. If they found a way to make us live longer with great quality of life Would you do it? I believe death is part of our journey.
I would do a few rounds in a virtual reality type of environment but if I could live an extra 30-40 years in great health I would do it. 🙂
I don't know whether this kind of things will be ever found at CERN. One the one hand, physicists are trying to understand how the universe works, etc..., which will probably have a very minor impact on the lives of most people. However, there are by-products that could be really really useful (medical accelerator or hadron-therapy to name two of those). This will not allow us to live forever, but this may improve our lives. And everything is public :)
If I would do it personally is probably a not relevant question, as I work on the first part (understanding how the universe works).
I am not sure I really answered the question... So, please let me know.
No, I understand what you mean but I read how Cern has found gluons the nuclear force that holds quarks. Then we have the God Particle, I feel these things can play a huge role in transhumanism and life extension. I know the question was a bit off the posts topic but I wanted to pick your brain a little! Your posts and responses are written in a very intelligent manner! Keep up the great work I enjoy reading them.
Actually, gluons were found for the first time elsewhere (in Hamburg, Germany). Other particles have been found at CERN, the last one being the Higgs boson at the LHC. The Higgs is sometimes called by the general audience the god particle although that has nothing to do with religion; the story about this naming is funny too: just an editor who changed a word in a title (goddamn to god).
I am kind of convinced elementary particles like the Higgs can play no role in any practical thing. it is first very hard to produce, and then it decays very quickly. I don't foresee how to store it for instance.
Thanks a lot for the chat. Don't hesitate to continue :)