AgentEucalyptus

Do you know if that talk is online in some format?

Thanks for the link!

I think these sorts of questions are disingenuous.

Einstein didn't theorise General Relatively and go "Now people 100 years from now will be able to discuss the validity of my working out over a global internetwork thanks to satellites in orbit around the Earth which wouldn't have been possible without my theory of GR to begin with."

We can't begin to understand the future and what we can make happen of the discoveries of the present. We can only continue going forward and keep building on our knowledge.

As it is, the technology and practises used in setting up LIGO could help pave the way for advancements in quantum computing which could have lots of practical knock on effects.