(December 31, 2013 at 7:55 pm)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: I find that to be highly illogical, and also rather stupid, if you don't mind me saying.

Well God I guess that sounds just peachy to me!

(December 31, 2013 at 8:21 pm)The_Thinking_Theist Wrote:

(December 31, 2013 at 7:55 pm)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: I find that to be highly illogical, and also rather stupid, if you don't mind me saying.

Well God I guess that sounds just peachy to me!

Nothing to say on the other points raised by both me and other forum members?

I wasn't really asking for your permission, but I'm sure you understand sarcasm almost as well as i do.

Allow Dr. Kaku to elaborate a benefit from science, quantum physics for that matter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFLR5vNKiSw

And do please allow Heisenberg to emphasize the importance of his authority on this subject.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy_DASt7hDs

(December 31, 2013 at 6:41 pm)The_Thinking_Theist Wrote:

(December 31, 2013 at 5:11 pm)Chas Wrote: Higgs boson.

That's particle physics?

You are really too ignorant about the many things on which you make pronouncements.

“Study without thinking is a waste of time; thinking without study is dangerous.”
~ Confucius

To give a little perspective, consider that for many centuries this:



was regarded as little more than a scientific curiosity. Nobody could come up with a practical application for what is essentially a toy.

Until the principles by which it works powered a little something called the Industrial Revolution and jumpstarted the modern world.

You may not have the Wi-Fi that you have today without radio astronomy. One of the Australian patents used in Wi-Fi came about due to a 'failed experiment'.

Quote:John O'Sullivan, an astronomy and space science fellow at Melbourne's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, is seen in his home country as the father of wi-fi.

"Some of the original seeds were sown in radio astronomy," says O'Sullivan. "Curiously, it was a failed experiment to detect exploding mini black holes the size of an atomic particle.

"I certainly had no idea where things would lead. Back then, we set out to do a wireless network at 100 megabits per second.

"Many people thought we had rocks in our head to try do such a thing. We thought it really would be big, but now I look back and I'm just blown away at how big it has become."

(January 1, 2014 at 5:54 pm)Stimbo Wrote: To give a little perspective, consider that for many centuries this:



was regarded as little more than a scientific curiosity. Nobody could come up with a practical application for what is essentially a toy.

Until the principles by which it works powered a little something called the Industrial Revolution and jumpstarted the modern world.

I once heard a tale about this machine...
It was used to open and close a door.
The broader use of it was foreseen... but, this being ancient Greece, they thought "what will we do with all these slaves, then?", and just chugged this invention into collective forgetfulness.

Quantum physics hasn't helped anyone? The very fact that you typed that message on a computer from some location in the world and I'm able to read it the instant it's sent through space and then back to Earth attests to the power of Quantum Physics. Uh..ever use a microwave?

Science is never pointless. Even if a discovery needs a few decades for there to be a practical application for it, the fact remains that there will be one.