http://www.ted.com In tough economic times, our exploratory science programs -- from space probes to the LHC -- are first to suffer budget cuts. Brian Cox explains how curiosity-driven science...
========== We live in difficult and challengingeconomic times, of course.And one of the first victimsof difficult economic times,I think, is public spending of any kind,but certainly in the firing line at the momentis public spending for science,and particularly curiosity-led scienceand exploration.So I want to try and convince you in about 15 minutesthat that's a ridiculousand ludicrous thing to do.But I think to set the scene,I want to show -- the next slide is not my attemptto show the worst TED slide in the history of TED,but it is a bit of a mess.(Laughter)But actually, it's not my fault; it's from the Guardian newspaper.And it's actually a beautiful demonstrationof how much science costs.Because, if I'm going to make the casefor con...
