Large Hadron Collider (LHC) generates a 'mini-Big Bang'

[Rath]

Kasz216 said:

Rath said:

Well they are really using this (and most of the LHC stuff) to confirm current theoretical physics rather than to find new theories.

Isn't that like saying you are throwing a match into a barrel of liquid to confirm your theory that the liquid isn't flamable?

Lots of scientific breakthroughs are found accidently by someone trying to confirm another hypothisis.

It's a bit more precise than that. It's kind of like working out the molecular structure of the liquid, doing the math to find out whether its flammable and then tossing a match in it.

And of course they could find something new, theres just no reason to believe that that something new is going to somehow destroy the human race.