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Antimatter still has a positive mass. It's not some exotic negative mass matter.
I'm pretty sure every physicist in existence knows that. It's just a simple principle that's really hard to test, so actually testing it is pretty cool. Like dropping a steel ball and a feather on the Moon.
Those are pretty expensive experiments. Are you sure they do them just because they are cool?
We choose to go to the moon and to do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they make me hard
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Haha I missed it the first time.
It is possible to do something cool and something that furthers science at the same time. Deep down, doing cool stuff is probably why most research scientists exist. Because it isn't for the mad stacks of cash, I can promise you that.
Let the science people do their pew-pew-pew thing with the fancy toys and pretend they're in Star Trek. At least they're enjoying themselves while helping the rest of us out!
It's also an excellent proof of concept for how to test with antimatter. Anyone who designs a test using anti hydrogen will look back at their methodology.
You think they get rich off them?
It makes me sad that dudebro science has become so prevalent that people forget the main reason we do this stuff. Saying you're into science to discover things and not to blow shit up is like saying you go to a monster truck derby to watch people drive and not run over cars.