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@ set: why not? basic research is rather a long term investment than for immediate profit. And even if there is never a profit, curiosity is a strong incentive in itself.
For example positrons (antimatter electrons) were just a thing that theoretical physicists around 1930 came up with as an result of their equations / research. Today we know they are real and we make use of them in PET scanners in hospitals.
And what do you think we are not told about the LHC? The scientific system is based on transparency and publishing all your findings in great detail for the whole community. Plus there are thousands of scientists and engineers from all over the world working at CERN, I guess that would make it hard to keep a big secret...
- correct. there will be profit in discoveries made here.Gnash