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[CPTMatt]

Well, when you're talking about something that may have world-ending consequences I think it is important to have the debate.

The trouble I think is that all the top physicists were probably working to some degree on the LHC, so they have a biased opinion.

We didn't have an opportunity to chime in on the a-bomb, otherwise I'm sure there would be the same feeling of uneasiness. The level of math and probabilities is too much for most to comprehend, but I'd like to see a debate between the two sides.

I've always wondered, since the particles are traveling at near the speed of light, how does their mass change relative to their speed. If mass increases relative to speed... Do the protons or whatever they're sending around the thing act as a wave instead of a particle?

Interesting stuff to say the least. Discover and popular science are my two favorite magazines.