http://www.physorg.com/news65286806.html
Not "more of the same", but let"s load "top quarks" and "bottom Quarks" and crash them into each other at great cost and "light speed". Then we could found another host of adolescent names for the even smaller bits and pieces.
E. L. Earnhardt
What a complete waste of valuable resources and energy (not to mention a possible danger to our survival).
Any physics discovered at these energy levels is completely useless to humanity. If the energy required to obtain and examine these special properties of matter are so high, then the energy required to utilize these properties would be equally as high. What possible practical piece of hardware can come of this?
Doing the research for the sake of knowledge is bad enough (considering the waste of resources), but on top of that there is the possible danger to our earth and the environment by releasing the possible (SCARY!) resultant matter/antimatter/strange matter particals into the atmosphere or even into the earth's core.
If any of this could lead to a possible practical application, then build the possible practical applications first and see if they work. I'm sure this would be much cheaper and safer.
Any physics discovered at these energy levels is completely useless to humanity. If the energy required to obtain and examine these special properties of matter are so high, then the energy required to utilize these properties would be equally as high. What possible practical piece of hardware can come of this?
Doing the research for the sake of knowledge is bad enough (considering the waste of resources), but on top of that there is the possible danger to our earth and the environment by releasing the possible (SCARY!) resultant matter/antimatter/strange matter particals into the atmosphere or even into the earth's core.
If any of this could lead to a possible practical application, then build the possible practical applications first and see if they work. I'm sure this would be much cheaper and safer.
Ubavontuba,
I do believe you are right in most of your conclusions. Basic science of course is essential, but when the same thing has been done over and over, the hopes of bigger is better in this case is bordering on silly. While I don't think in these specific tests there would be much danger, No one can say for sure. I disagree on one factor in your conclusion;if there is the possibility of an accident in the pure science experiment , then blindly forging forward with a practical application would be a possible dangerous situation as well. This is all hypothetical but some strange discoveries have been made from unforeseen behavior, and some very Damning unforeseen results led to an unexpected fire on an Apollo project on the ground, just glycol and silver caused a not unlike spontaneous combustion to happen. That's layman's terms, and not exactly what happened, the actual event was more exotic and most people would not understand the event even now, unless they did extensive research. If you are curious and need to know, do research on "Silver Fire". The point being that sometimes something that seems to have little to do with the project, can end up costing lives.
Mystery
I do believe you are right in most of your conclusions. Basic science of course is essential, but when the same thing has been done over and over, the hopes of bigger is better in this case is bordering on silly. While I don't think in these specific tests there would be much danger, No one can say for sure. I disagree on one factor in your conclusion;if there is the possibility of an accident in the pure science experiment , then blindly forging forward with a practical application would be a possible dangerous situation as well. This is all hypothetical but some strange discoveries have been made from unforeseen behavior, and some very Damning unforeseen results led to an unexpected fire on an Apollo project on the ground, just glycol and silver caused a not unlike spontaneous combustion to happen. That's layman's terms, and not exactly what happened, the actual event was more exotic and most people would not understand the event even now, unless they did extensive research. If you are curious and need to know, do research on "Silver Fire". The point being that sometimes something that seems to have little to do with the project, can end up costing lives.
Mystery