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Game_Ender on Aug 31, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: RIP Higgs Boson (with 95% confidence)

But current energy research would be much slower or impossible had it not been for previous long time horizon physics research.

danking00 on Aug 31, 2011 [–]

Agreed. I'd like to see the energy industry fumble around with maps trying to locate oil deposits because this new fangled GPS-thing doesn't quite work right.

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