LiQuiD wrote:its not playing God at all. at most its trying to understand 'Gods' work. the alteration of life via genetic manipulation could be labled as playing god. an experiment trying to uncover the secrets of existence is what it is, nothing more.
the 4billion spent would be a drop in the ocean if it were put towards feeding/clothing the worlds poor.
part of being human is to be curious and to want to know more about the nature of reality. the LHC can answer many questions we have which cant be solved without such an experiment.
from what i know of these tiny black holes they happen all the time and blink out of existence almost as soon as they appear. and black holes are relatively weak unless they are extremely massive. the scientists who are conducting this event wouldnt be doing so if they thought it would end the world.
quite a few theories have been put forward and have been proven wrong. the nature of the LHC is that it induces this kind of debate and hysteria.
the benefits from this experiment could give us information which will aid humanity greatly. it is a vital next step in mankinds quest for greater understanding.
we are more likely to be killed by an asteroid (etc) or a gamma ray burst or colliding realities or huge climate change than by the LHC experiment. the scientists will have a very good idea of what will happen when its turned on. i said id probably cringe when its activated. i stand by that but i would say it will be from excitement. i see the possibility of the world ending being nothing more than something to discuss down the pub over the next week.
and where the funding comes from isnt important (unless the mafia funded it as a means for smuggleing at lightspeed). and if the world does end im sure some will be happy that the evil, nazi, sithlord, ghost, satan 'NEOCONS' will die along with everyone else.
1- That's a matter of opinion.
2- Put it into travel and study solar system's planets, satellites and comets would beless dangerous and so much more usefull. Another 4bil WASTED that could have helped Mars project...
3- I couldn't care less what happend after big bang. However, travelling thru solar system is a big curiosity factor, and has a real use.
4- They would do it, because there are chances it doesn't happen. As long as risk factor is not 100.00%, it will be tried...
5- We'll see...I can hope nothing will happen..
6- We could do it later when we can afford doing it properly if we so much want to do it...
7- No. Asteroids can be destroyed or moved with giant mirrors put in space to move its direction with sun energy. I seen it on scientist doc, not some serie B movie. Colliding realities...and now we say the experiment's dangers are fiction...
8- I fail to see what's soo good coming from that...many more useful things to work about in science.
9- You forgot the bigfoot, alien conspirators and lizard people...
And...didn't you all see Armagheddon?
Asteroids can be stopped, even documentaries (with different ways tho) say it is possible.