tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post8096712083328076248..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: World's Largest Particle Accelerator Starts off SuccessfullyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-67982516517151296062012-12-15T03:47:40.946-05:002012-12-15T03:47:40.946-05:00I just want to know why? With a hefty price tag li...I just want to know why? With a hefty price tag like that, why is it so important to know how it all started and who cares. It started and we are all here. Everyone from small towns to big cities are losing jobs and kids are going hungry. But this is going to solve the problems? What are the adverse reactions? Does it matter? Even better, why isn't it mentioned? I guess every test is a success and there will be more jobs created from this. So where does the money come from to build this particle accelerator. This type of science belongs in a lab and no further until the people of the world can say if its safe. But that's my opinion, right. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-69357330206478211412008-09-17T06:14:00.000-04:002008-09-17T06:14:00.000-04:00>Rod< how many weeks of Iraq war expenditure...>Rod< how many weeks of Iraq war expenditures is LHC worth? ~4 weeks without casualties?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-26844399353863254382008-09-13T01:30:00.000-04:002008-09-13T01:30:00.000-04:00I Just want to chill in the rose bowl and collect ...I Just want to chill in the rose bowl and collect $100,000 now. I am not worried, I just want my money now Rod.<BR/><BR/>Love HasersysAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-56782147377170145892008-09-11T13:19:00.000-04:002008-09-11T13:19:00.000-04:00Rod there is no way of knowing what gains might co...Rod there is no way of knowing what gains might come out of big science. Just like no one could even guess fission existed before it was discovered. The day humanity stops doing real, fundamental science is the day all progress grinds to a halt.<BR/><BR/>Not to forget, the sheer joy of understanding how the universe works is priceless in itself even if it has no application.Johanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05498292809069746898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-51406871103967667162008-09-11T12:40:00.000-04:002008-09-11T12:40:00.000-04:00Rod,I'm of the complete opposite opinion on this. ...Rod,<BR/><BR/>I'm of the complete opposite opinion on this. $10B invested by 20 countries is nothing. We should always be exploring and inventing and progressing. That's how we've gotten to be where we're at today. <BR/><BR/>We don't know what we don't know and it will take more and more money to achieve new things.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://rescomp.stanford.edu/~cheshire/EinsteinQuotes.html" REL="nofollow">I found some Einstein quotes that seem to fit this situation:</A>:<BR/><BR/><I>"The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible."<BR/><BR/>"Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal."<BR/><BR/>"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."</I>David Bradishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02439638522932781068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-19629831359546230542008-09-11T08:37:00.000-04:002008-09-11T08:37:00.000-04:00My beef with "big science" has nothing to do with ...My beef with "big science" has nothing to do with the potential for hazard.<BR/><BR/>It simply baffles me that so much time, money and human ingenuity has been expended for so little gain!<BR/><BR/>With all of the very real problems in the world needing the efforts of the best solvers we can find, why do physicists think that the equivalent of accurately counting the angels on the head of a pin is worth $10 billion?<BR/><BR/>Though I work in a field where the word "billion" rolls easily off of the tongue, it is always worth remembering just how big $10 billion is.<BR/><BR/>Fill the Rose Bowl (100,000) people. Write each of them a check for $100,000. That is $10 billion.Rod Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652375336090790205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-82267235108675590962008-09-10T19:03:00.000-04:002008-09-10T19:03:00.000-04:00To answer the question wether the LHC is dangerous...To answer the question wether the LHC is dangerous, I found this link:<BR/><BR/>http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-57612368408968738592008-09-10T12:22:00.000-04:002008-09-10T12:22:00.000-04:00"Russian nuclear reactor designs are the safest in..."Russian nuclear reactor designs are the safest in the world"<BR/><BR/>"Oh, the chance of a resonance cascade is exceedingly small" - Half Life Scientist<BR/><BR/>"We really don't think there is much danger presented by the teleporter" - Doom Scientist<BR/><BR/>These bad scientists and fictional scientists are always going around saying something isn't actually dangerous. But games like the one I mentioned as well as Chernobyl have made some people think that scientists are a bunch of cow-boys who are willing to bet everything on what they think is a small risk. That scientists are stuck in an out of touch world of odds, not understanding the real consequences of what they're doing. <BR/><BR/>Now, I don't think this. But I understand how this popular perception came about.Norske-Divisionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14683712263036107309noreply@blogger.com