The culture of exploratory experimentation at CERN and the Future Circular Collider
Grigoris Panoutsopoulos · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2019
We have become witnesses, as of late, to the development of an expansive and fertile debate regarding the implementation of the upcoming Future Circular Collider (FCC) at CERN, both within the confines of the scientific community, as well as outside of them. We consider a debate of this sort as imperative for such an important research project, but we also hold that it should develop upon sound foundations, avoiding specific pitfalls and biased tendencies that form a metaphorical minefield around it. Within this context, we will attempt to contribute to this particular discussion by highlighting a historical aspect regarding the issue at hand.