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>>12351824Not that guy but its not so much about shitting on kamiokande than it is about achieving more meaningful results while having complete control of your experiment. Lhc/kamiokande framework can seem impressive but doesnt mean much on a individual researcher level.
Metamaterials and antenna engineering labshave done more to directly improve your lifestyle these 20 last years, yet you don't hear much about them, and experimental setups can be as simple as printing a PCB with funny shapes, point a horn antenna at it and see what happens.
Making something truly meaningful that males you feel like working in something bigger than yourself is for the most part subjective and a personal feeling. If you're doing something you like and you provide meaningful contribution, you're doing just that.
If you're just doing drama and playing with internal politics at CERN, no matter how glorious the place is, you're useless.