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CERN, or The Factory for the Absolute

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0.0·2010·0h 58m

Human action is often influenced by the desire for knowledge. This desire is in itself a positive impulse and could be said to be the basis of all pro...

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Robert Aymar

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Peter Chochula

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Richard Feynman

Richard Feynman

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Donald A. Glaser

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Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking

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Peter Higgs

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Andrea Musso

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Otto E. Rössler

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Jan V. Sacher

OVERVIEW

Human action is often influenced by the desire for knowledge. This desire is in itself a positive impulse and could be said to be the basis of all progress. Let's move this statement to the ground of scientific research at CERN, and see if it applies here - and then test the common experience that human stupidity permeates every social stratum and, in the case of the elites, is a potential threat.