Will the Large Hadron Collider destroy the world?

[chef]

Other than advances in superconducting power transmission technology, magnet technology, techniques for handling and processing massive amount of data and, oh yes, nearly forgot, understanding how the universe works?

Can't think of anything TBH. ******* waste of money, science.

I think you have a fair answer there AtW

[Mich the Tester]

Other than advances in superconducting power transmission technology, magnet technology, techniques for handling and processing massive amount of data and, oh yes, nearly forgot, understanding how the universe works?

Can't think of anything TBH. ******* waste of money, science.

Yep, science is just a big ******* waste of time. I’m in my late thirties. As a small child in West Africa I survived malaria thanks to modern medicine. I play rugby at a high amateur level despite being older than most men lived in the 17th century. I shall, should my training go to plan, be competing in the Dutch national masters athletics championships this summer for Shot Put, even though most men of my age 200 years ago were incapable of lifting a bucket of water. My father is over 60 and still plays rugby, runs a growing business and takes part in indoor rowing competitions. Only about 200 years ago in Europe, I would have been an old man who had reached average life expectancy. My father would have been long gone. I feel like life’s only just beginning.

I have a lot of reasons to be grateful to science.

[Gibbon]

Yep, science is just a big ******* waste of time. I’m in my late thirties. As a small child in West Africa I survived malaria thanks to modern medicine. I play rugby at a high amateur level despite being older than most men lived in the 17th century. I shall, should my training go to plan, be competing in the Dutch national masters athletics championships this summer for Shot Put, even though most men of my age 200 years ago were incapable of lifting a bucket of water. My father is over 60 and still plays rugby, runs a growing business and takes part in indoor rowing competitions. Only about 200 years ago in Europe, I would have been an old man who had reached average life expectancy. My father would have been long gone. I feel like life’s only just beginning.

I have a lot of reasons to be grateful to science.

So what happened in science that altered the aging process?? Yes mortality has been greatly reduced.

Do you know what age Juluis Ceasar was when he charged uphill at Munda and took around 200 javelin blows on his shield ?

54

His Uncle Gaius Marius was still fighting hand to hand in his sack of Rome in his sixties.

[Mich the Tester]

So what happened in science that altered the aging process?? Yes mortality has been greatly reduced.

Do you know what age Juluis Ceasar was when he charged uphill at Munda and took around 200 javelin blows on his shield ?

54

His Uncle Gaius Marius was still fighting hand to hand in his sack of Rome in his sixties.

Indeed, but Julius Caesar was rich, well fed, had a hygienic environment at home and clean water. One of the things that happened due to improved agricultural techniques was that many more of us were able to access good food, clean water, hygiene etc. Also, infectious diseases are under much better control thanks to vaccination and more recently antibiotics, which have reduced mortality. The ageing process hasn’t changed of course, but many more people have access to the means to stay healthy for longer, and that’s largely thanks to science. Also, we understand the ageing process much better. We understand how to balance exercise, diet, rest, work, safety measures and the use of medical treatment where necessary and thereby increase our chances of staying healthy for longer. The big difference is that Julius Caesar was the exception in his day; these days, many 54 year olds are physically active.

But my point is this; the whole idea of research is that you don’t know what it’s going to produce. If we stick to doing research that has predictable outcomes we may as well just carry out experiments to find out whether round objects roll down hills and whether there’s any practical use for that; I think we’ve discovered that one already.

[Xenophon]

Andyw

[sasguru]

FFS, what if they succeed and recreate conditions just BEFORE Big Bang, what's going to happen next?

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Shooting straight in at No. 1 in the CUK Top 5 retards list, we have a late contender.

[DimPrawn]

Shooting straight in at No. 1 in the CUK Top 5 retards list, we have a late contender.

Bastard!

I've put in 100's of posts and this cretin sweeps in with one killer post.

[AtW]

Other than advances in superconducting power transmission technology, magnet technology, techniques for handling and processing massive amount of data and, oh yes, nearly forgot, understanding how the universe works?

Very niche area that carries fatal risk to the WHOLE PLANET, if not solar system.

What practical benefits came out from other colliders that were in existance for decades? Feck all - Intel did far more for the world then all colliders combined.

[AtW]

Bastard!

I've put in 100's of posts and this cretin sweeps in with one killer post.

It's a "planet killer" class of post...

[TimberWolf]

Indeed, but Julius Caesar was rich, well fed, had a hygienic environment at home and clean water. One of the things that happened due to improved agricultural techniques was that many more of us were able to access good food, clean water, hygiene etc. Also, infectious diseases are under much better control thanks to vaccination and more recently antibiotics, which have reduced mortality. The ageing process hasn’t changed of course, but many more people have access to the means to stay healthy for longer, and that’s largely thanks to science. Also, we understand the ageing process much better. We understand how to balance exercise, diet, rest, work, safety measures and the use of medical treatment where necessary and thereby increase our chances of staying healthy for longer. The big difference is that Julius Caesar was the exception in his day; these days, many 54 year olds are physically active.

But my point is this; the whole idea of research is that you don’t know what it’s going to produce. If we stick to doing research that has predictable outcomes we may as well just carry out experiments to find out whether round objects roll down hills and whether there’s any practical use for that; I think we’ve discovered that one already.

Scanty evidence seems to suggest food and hardship made a great difference to life expectancy in ancient times, after surviving the 5th year or so.

Egyptian children who successfully completed their fifth year could generally look forward to a full life, which in peasant society was about thirty-three years for men and twenty-nine years for women, based on skeletal evidence. Textual records indicate that for upper-class males, who were generally better fed and performed less strenuous labor than the lower classes, life expectancy could reach well into the sixties and seventies and sometimes even the eighties and nineties. Upper-class women also looked forward to a longer life than women from the lower classes, but the arduous task of bearing many children resulted in a lower life expectancy compared to their male counterparts.
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