The Biggest Toy Theory of Scientific endeavor: Science is not driven by curiosity or the desire for fame. Rather it is driven by the desire to accumulate bigger and more complex scientific gadgets. By this standard, particle physicists are gods walking among us. And if those gadgets could be used to irradiate a squirrel from a thousand miles a way, so much the better for all of us.
Exhibit A: The Large Hadron Collider (Click to enlarge)
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Classic. Bench scientist misses pigeons. Hits helicopter. Pigeons fly away whispering to each other, "eppur si muove."