I knew it… The collective scientific society is all part of a giant conspiracy to destroy the World. Our fragile planet and all of its inhabitants. But we are in luck. A clever American has decided to let said world know of this hidden crusade against life, and mentor us in the right direction by taking the matter to federal court.

Thank you! So say we all.

Ok, enough with the sarcasm, but seriously, I’m getting a bit annoyed by this kind of stuff. These LHC discussions are taken up all over the media, and while its lovely to hear something about science and physics in public, it’s also a bit sad that everyone is so afraid of something that is easily the most magnificent experiment scientists has ever built, and the results from this giant accelerator could be some of the most significant in the history of science.

Seriously, there is no chance of any harm to come from this. The article does an excellent job explaining this, so I won’t bother, but just think about it. This experiment is in the hands of some of the brightest minds around, and they are not interested in destroying the world. I think one of the problems with this is that scientists are so scientific that they can never say: “Look, there’s no chance in hell that anything will happen”. It’s just not scientific to say never, impossible or something like that. Science is based on testing theories and assigning probabilities to those theories.

But I guess there’s nothing to do about it. And as long as there are a lot of scientists ready to debunk the FUD when it appears, people just have to listen to what is really going on, and they’ll find out how exciting this stuff really is.

Wait… maybe they should build another Noah’s Ark.