somebody wrote:
> "Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message
> news:48dc0501@news.povray.org...
>> somebody wrote:
>>>> Only after the fundamental work has been done by scientists.
> 
>>> I don't know what that means.
> 
>> I mean that (for example) research on genetic causes/cures for cancer
>> wouldn't have been possible at all without high-energy physics research.
>>
>> (Figure out how the structure of DNA was determined, for example.)
> 
> I'm at this point guessing that you might be a little confused of the "high
> energy" part in "high energy physics". 

No. But basic radioactivity was "high energy" back in Curie's day, for 
example. Discounting advanced in basic battery-powered electricity 
because they're not "high energy" ignores the point that they're 
high-energy compared to amber and fur.

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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