Death commeth quickly to he who plays God

This brings up an interesting question. Is expensive and continuous research into the atomic world really making our lives better. Click the title above to view the Large Hadron Collider. Now, despite what everyone thinks this thing isn't going to bring about the end of the world.... or is it? The destructive power of this machine is not going to be a cataclysmic explosion of quarks, newons, and God knows what else but a financial implosion.

DISCLAIMER: I am not a pacifist, I am not anti-war, anti military or anything related. I am a staunch advocate of such. Not because I like those things but because in the fantasy world of the pacifists and anti-war junkies REAL PEOPLE hate and kill OTHER REAL PEOPLE. They starve them, they deprive them of basic necessities because they can, they enjoy it or are forced to to protect themselves.

This is a long round about way of saying:
At a projected expense of between 5 to 10 BILLION dollars....

When those atoms collide, they had better feed the hungry, stop bullets in the air, solve all of our problems and make fossil fuels 100% clean.

Anything short of those objectives is honestly a waste of our resources, patience and infinitely more important... our time.

Now for you nerds out there. ( namely me)
THe physicists who concocted this device believe that it willl help them better understand gravity. That ALMOST makes it worth it. I mean once we truely have the i's of gravity dotted and the t's crossed, were one hop away from anti gravity. which is sweet.

also, if it leads to the development of lightsabers, then everything previoulsy mentioned is null and void. except for the hunger thing. cause even hungry kids can sell lightsabers for food.