Interesting analysis from my favorite severe no nonsense physics youtuber gal (who also used to randomly post vids of her doing cover songs to peoples' general confusion lol).
Good bit at the end speculating on the material economic basis for this (useless) way of doing science. People make careers on this fluff that amounts to nothing.
Bazinga brains tend to despise theoretical sciences (and maths) because they seem like a waste of time that doesn't immediately produce tech treats, unlike the TE parts of STEM. :my-hero: himself has tweeted as such (one time about nanotechnology, astonishingly!) and his flock bleated along.
That said, research is cool and good, but money sinks to chase new particles to name aren't always the best use of limited research funding.