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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
What might be some practical technological applications for the Higgs Boson?
gpt
For now, there aren't any. This is basic research, the purpose of which is to learn more about the universe we live in, not to develop new technologies.

That said, much like going to the moon, the search for the Higgs boson has lead to many technological advances in areas such as materials science (and superconductors, in particular) and computer science.