General Discussion

IPO estimated value of Fermi: $12.5 B

Estimated construction cost of SSC: over $11B (over three years), plus inflation.

One would create exabytes of Web ads, spam emails and AI slop, including unauthorized nudes and porn.

One would probe whatever secret structure of the Universe we have not yet uncovered, and keep the principal center of high-energy physics in the US. We turned that over the CERN instead.

GOP choices in funding reveal its priorities.

I wish people would quit naming companies and devices after famous scientists not associated with them (and who did not give permission for their names to be used, nor receive any compensation for negative publicity associated therewith). It may elevate the company, but it degrades the names of genuinely accomplished scientists.