The LHC

Large Hadron Collider

here


Amoung the questions at the end of the article there is one that appears to be missing: Why? Why build such a thing? Why invest so much money, so much resources into this? Could not these resources have been better spent?

What difference will it make in the world if they do make "dark matter" or "tiny millionth of a millionth of a second black holes" or they detect the "Higgs Boson particule". How will that help solve the pressing problems humanity faces at this very moment, and i need not enumerate them.

Someone enlighten me about this please!

Personally i have nothing to do with all this but you have a point with something going drastically wrong. As they say they don't even know what they might create during their experiment.........

I know: Leptons, Muons, Quarks and other "strange" particules. But HEY! what difference is it all going to make for us day to day pike, wingdings, lamas, chimps,tommysmartasses and whatever.....?

4 000 000 000 USD to find out: Hey look! There are more particules in there! So what goddamit! Big f..king deal!!!!!!! Use that money to fixup the world in a more down to earth way..........It's not the discovery of a 1/1 000 000th of 1/1 000 000th of a second long tiny black hole that's going to resolve the food or energy shortage in the world.........unless you can eat the damned thing or pour in the gas tank!!!!!!!!1

To gain knowledge, silly. Apparently this is so obvious, even you missed it. To "protect" this mother earth and humanity as you so wish, we need to know how it works at the most basic levels. It's a no lose situation. Best case scenario, we learn a fundamental law of nature. Second best case scenario, arguably the first, we get wiped out.

Maybe you stood too close to a Wingding.

No, they were just being modeled by the proud owner of a 7 Series.

As cold as your M&P

In that case I have two things to add...

For the millionth time.... NO I WONT DO THAT!
Oh.. and I'm taking some more of your money.

[/Your bit's havent turned blue just yet.]

"Protect" mother earth. I was sarcastically using hippie, green peace, liberal freaks.

Tell me how it wouldn't. It's called exploring, even when you don't find what you're looking for, you still learn something.

Let's give it a try: understanding the fundamentals of physics may give rise to very practical solutions to humanity's hunger for (usable) energy and materials.

I could get on board with that.

*swills more whiskey*

*burps on Pike*

*throws match*

I heard some scientists there at the LHC have clled the theoretical Higgs Boson particule the god particule. That illustrates very well the error of the whole process. They are expecting to find something godlike in something that's material . How arrogant!

First use the resources we have available in ending the inequalities that exist between nations and between peoples of the world, use the resources in educating the world population and building the infrastructures necessary for a minimum standard of living world wide and only then, once that is accomplished go out, or in, in search of a god or godlike particule.

Ah! I hadn't schrolled down the thread.

True, but do you beleive there is a significant possibility of that at the LHC? To discover electricity all that was necessary was a kite and a lenght of thin wire. Those were things that could be used in a practical and inexpensive way immediatly. everything was at hand for the practical application of electricity.

How so with the discovery of tiny black holes that exist for one millionth of one millionth of a second?

There is the concern among the scientific community that this LHC and perhaps other pure science projets have passed the thresshold of practical applications from pure scientific discoveries.

No, it's done to infuriate hippies. An excellent reason, I'd have thought.

WHAAAT? Pike is from Canada? Fcuk me susan, that explains ALOT!!!!

HAHA-HAHA-HAHA-HAHA...

They use the term "god" because they beleive what they may find may be a sort of absolute and ultimate particule. You don't use the term "god" or "godlike" to something that is a routine step along the way.

Unless you beleive they are now going to name these new particules for instence:

- godlike particule A
- godlike particule B
- etc

As you can see that makes little sense. So again, they have used that term because they in fact beleive they will find something "godlike" and how you may define that term is up to you.

How about:

We get a giant pot, and a part of our earnings go into it, and with that we elevate humanity with global programs of education etc, then with what's leftover we built those fancy pure science projects.

hello winggy dinggy have you been dingilling that dinky hahahaha

of course not

And the fact that it's only 2" long.....

poor poor little winggys' dinky !

i maintain he should go with the massage, candles and flowers route

good gawd dude...don't you have ANY imagination