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I finally looked into this to an extent. The fact that these guys are trying to create a worm hole or Vortex is disturbing enough. I just think it has the possibility of being too big to control. The Universe itself is very freaky and unknown to us. We are playing with atoms and the basis of all matter. Is this a risky game of hide and seek? I'm saying,, what if they find one?? Even by accident. I am not parinoid about this but I wonder if this could get out of hand. They are messing with the basis of 'matter'. Does this strike a cord with anyone, or is it just me?
Please don't reply unless you know a little about CERN. Thank you.

The things going on at the LHC are not in any way different from things that happen in our atmosphere millions of times every day. It's just more controlled and somewhere that we can watch it much more easily. The scientists are not trying to do anything, they are colliding particles and seeing what happens.

Can we please keep discussion concerning CERN and the LHC together here: https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/other-member-discussions/scary-stuff-257980.html

Ta muchly

The things going on at the LHC are not in any way different from things that happen in our atmosphere millions of times every day. It's just more controlled and somewhere that we can watch it much more easily. The scientists are not trying to do anything, they are colliding particles and seeing what happens.

I undersatnd that. BUT what are thying to LEARN from it?

They're trying to learn what happens when you collide 2 protons together with a large energy. Different things will happen depending on the exact energies and the exact way that each bundle collides, so there's a great chance to observe many new and novel phenomena.

Now, can we move this to the other thread, as CurlyBen suggested?
Curly, could we rename the other one to "THE LHC thread" or something if that's where we want people to talk about it? Or perhaps a new one in physics should be created. At the moment the topic is not very obvious.

Didn't they already start their experiments?

Didn't they already start their experiments?

No. No collisions yet.