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      Ross Macintosh
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      If you gave me the €6.4 billion to spend I'm sure I could have done some lasting good...

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        toxicvoxel
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        Chango,Marian
        It is simmilar justification that gave us the first atomic bomb.
        If you think that this experiment will explain 'how the universe works', you are decieving yourselves.

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          solo
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          @unknownuser said:

          It is simmilar justification that gave us the first atomic bomb.

          lets not forget nuclear power.

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          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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            Alan Fraser
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            The money isn't an either/or thing. The US public made the same complaint about NASA's budget at the height of the space race ...yet they were spending more than that on dog food.

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              kwistenbiebel
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              I wonder what the real motivation is behind trying to stop these particle experiments.
              Let's call the Chuck Norris help line.

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                Ross Macintosh
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                Chuck Norris doesn't need a particle accelerator. He is a particle accelerator!

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                  remus
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                  @toxicvoxel said:

                  Remus,
                  You can take that position from the comfort of your personal circumstances.

                  I'd like to think i would hold the same beliefs even if i lived in a less privileged society.

                  And just to throw some numbers out there, the LHC cost approx £5.14 billion, the NHS spends about £7 billion a year on medication and african debt is roughly £100 billion. As im sure you can see, if the LHC money was diverted to something more 'real' it would have very little lasting effect, compared to the huge advances possibe in our understanding with the LHC. Seems like a bit of a bargain really.

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                    remus
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                    Oh, and chuck norris can just squeeze his fist closed really tightly, then sniff the results to look for higgs particles (and save the 5.14 billion quid for beer.)

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                      toxicvoxel
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                      @unknownuser said:

                      Seems like a bit of a bargain really

                      Remus,
                      I am very interested to know what the 'possible huge advances' are that you are talking about.
                      I challenge you explain in to us in technical detail what these benefits could be, seeing that you have quantified the yield of these in terms of the investment.

                      Go on, convince me that you understand the underlying scientific issues that you so confidently support.

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                        watkins
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                        In respect of investment and return, one should not forget that the World Wide Web started at CERN.

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                        Collecting good minds together around a big project always yields long term results. This Forum is a good example.

                        The billions spent have gone into salaries, commerce, development, education and training, and not least of all the design and implementation of better and more efficient superconducting magnets. The spin-off of such developments could be huge for the power generation and distribution industries who cannot or won't invest in the necessary R&D.

                        Someone mentioned dog food? I think the UK alone spends over 1 billion a year on their pets. Personally, I would prefer to see that money going towards conserving endangered species, but that's not going to happen, is it. Three billion (?) on a new collider sounds good to me.

                        Regards,
                        Bob

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                          Alan Fraser
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                          Well, it's been running for 30 minutes and I'm still here. 😄

                          Actually, the benefits from this could be tremendous...we just have no idea what they might be at this point. The whole particle physics thing is at the very core of much high-end technology from the radio valve onwards. Without this seemingly esoteric research we simply wouldn't have stuff like transistors, microchips, scanners etc.
                          I'll bet that the investment isn't that much different proportionally from what was being sunk into Oak Ridge and Los Alamos in WWII. If people had known about that, they'd probably have thought the money would be better spent on bombers or aircraft carriers.

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                            toxicvoxel
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                            Circumstantial evidence gentlemen. Demonstrate to me that you have a technical understanding of what is going on today.
                            Or are you supporting an idea that you do not understand?

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                              remus
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                              I fully admit that i dont have a technical understanding of the inner workings of the project, and i think youd be hard pushed to find more than a few thousand people who could give you the ins and outs of the LHC.

                              Enough people who actually understand the subject seem to think its a damm good idea, thats enough to convince me.

                              p.s. i could give you a rough overview of how it works, if thats enough to satisfy you.

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                                Mr S
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                                Hi,

                                Alan, thanks for that link to the video.
                                That has to be the one and only time I have enjoyed listening to rap "music".

                                I liked this comment that appeared there as well:

                                @unknownuser said:

                                I love hearing from Creationists who do not believe in the Big Bang warning us ,about creating ANOTHER Big Bang

                                I also prefer my money being spent on this type of scientific research which hopefully helps extend mankinds knowledge of who and what we are.
                                A far better investment better than all the billions given in foreign aid to corrupt regimes.

                                Regards
                                Mr S

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                                  kwistenbiebel
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                                  Newsflash:
                                  The LHC of Geneva, Switserland has just been started for tests (wednesday 9.30 am CET).
                                  No incidents or black holes been spotted yet.The LHC will be at its full capacity somewhere in october. (source: Belgian newspaper website "De Morgen.be" 10 september)

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                                    Marian
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                                    If you are still talking about money and hope to stop the issue here, the US military spends hundreds of billions of dollars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States. In light of recent events please tell me that that money is used wisely. Tell them to divert a few billion to education, medical care which i'm sure does't have budgets of such magnitude, there's your real world problems, not important scientific research which in the long run can help us create the wonderful things we dream of, no world hunger,no poverty, flying cars, space exploration etc, etc.

                                    Another end of the world averted, now we still have to look forward to 2012 and the comming of the planet Nibiru with the Anunaki...and probably a few more dozens of end of the world theories.

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                                      James Fraser
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                                      First, the LHC is safe. The kind of reactions it is going to simulate happen throughout the universe and even regularly in our own atmosphere, if something terrible was going to happen it is reasonable to assume it would have happened in the last few Billion years. In comparison it is far more likely that a large, rogue asteroid will slam into the atmosphere and annihilate all life on Earth (something we would be powerless to stop, by the way).

                                      Second, we may not know exactly what we are going to get from these experiments, but that does not mean they are not important. Without research into quantum physics and semiconductors we would not have the computers on which to have this discussion or, indeed, the vast majority of electronic devices today. Products from particle accelerators and nuclear reactors include isotopes used to treat cancer and the most important parts of smoke detectors and have therefore saved countless lives to date.

                                      Computer development has also always been driven by scientific research; not just the high powered stuff (supercomputers are a key part of theoretical physics), but spin-offs, such as the web, which was invented at CERN as a way for scientists to share their data.

                                      As long as the machine works, it does not matter what the results are, they will help us understand the universe better. Even failure can be useful, the Michelson-Morely experiment is one of the most famous scientific failures, but the importance of discovering that the theory of the ether (as in a fixed field the earth moved relative to, rather than the chemical compound) was the main reason Michelson was awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize. Any new information is useful, even if it shows that your theory is wrong.

                                      Oh, and if you are worried that I just got everything from Wikipedia and New Scientist, then I should mention that my degree is in astrophysics and some of my friends are now working at CERN.

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                                        Gaieus
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                                        Wow James,

                                        Nice first post, considering you've been a member for about half a year (if you don't mind me mentioning it)!

                                        Also if you don't mind (and Jacob and the others this OT question); what brought you to the SU World? (Asking this as an also "non-related" person) 😄

                                        Gai...

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                                          Ross Macintosh
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                                          I get the feeling from this thread that this LHC thing is big news in Europe. Here on this side of the pond I hadn't heard of it until I saw this thread yesterday. To you European fans - would you care about this thing if it had been built in South America with non-European funding? I suspect this thing is rallying some pride in Europe - "look how we're cutting edge" - that gives it an emotional impact in Europe that is not happening here.

                                          Today Google have featured it with their daily illustration.


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                                            remus
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                                            Thats a good point ross, although i think its only fair really, as youve got the best space program 😄

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