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Originally Posted by Caged Great
They have many particle accelerators that have done the same job as the LHC will do in September. The only difference between those ones and the LHC is that the LHC is friggen huge in terms of scale in comparison. Theoretically speaking, they will be better able to get the protons firing at 99.9% of the speed of light in both directions, which IIRC the one in New York (state, not City) could not do. Considering the damage that the one in New York did (none), they are extrapolating that the energy required to actually do damage would be many many thousands of times the amount of energy produced at the LHC, which is why they do not believe that anything of dire consequence will happen.
Personally I am concerned like everyone else about what is going on with the LHC. However, as a layman I do not know all the details, but the scientists involved in the project say that there is a very minuscule chance at something catastrophic occurring when it they fire it up, it helps to differ my worries as I tend to trust expert opinions on subjects that I am not an expert in.
Hopefully September 10th isn't a negative news day
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