I live next to it and don't find this so amusing. It cost 6 Bln to build this monster and for what ? Understanding how the world was created ? Wow that will change our life ! Someone has got to stop this madness.
When scientists were researching what made up an atom people said that this was completely pointless and that there was no reason for us to be wasting money on this. It turns out the electron transformed the world economy. Just food for thought.