[sigmoid10]

Fundamental physics research has an extremely profitable returns ratio, but it takes decades to amortize. This does not work with capitalist corporations who only care about immediate profits. Even for governments this is a difficult sell, but at least they don't have to soothe shareholders every quarter. Generational projects take a different kind of economic thinking.

[butlike]

Is that just because there's shareholder anxiety with the unknown on if their investment will "be vested" by the time they need to pull it out for retirement?

If that's the case it seems like it might be shrewd for younger investors to buy into physics research on a 15-20 year timeline?

[sigmoid10]

Unfortunately, younger people usually have neither the money nor the foresight for this.