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Originally Posted by physmoon
What I find disturbing here is how so called 'intelligent thinkers' not only dismiss legitimate safety concerns. But ridicule those who dare to question whether or not these scientist can be trusted.
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I haven't seen much ridicule, particularly from the people at CERN. But are the safety concerns really legitimate?
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The less one knows about this subject the more legitimate the concerns become as they cannot be understood.
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I don't understand this. So the less someone knows about a subject, the more one can question those who do, to the point of stopping work on a project? The answers to questions about the LHC are available in many places, both in this very thread and on the CERN website. It is legitimate to ask them. But at some point the person asking the questions should take a little responsibility to understand the answers being given.
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And what about the young kids who grew up under the threat of all out nuclear war who layed in bed at night fearfull all their brother, sisters, parents and family would be wiped out any day?
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I was one of those kids. I don't see what this has to do with the LHC.
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Perhaps it is you who does not understand the heart and motives of men.
The problem is there's no reason why anyone involved in this project should care less about my sons or daughters or neighbors, so maybe they want rock solid guarantees based on known science that this cannot possibly go wrong- investigated and supervised by independents who have no vested interest in a successful outcome.
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Your image of scientists seems to be that they are inhuman, unfeeling monsters who have no personal concerns for the human race, but are just interested in their research. As a scientist (PhD in Chemistry), I'm hurt that you feel that way. Maybe you should meet and get to know some actual scientists.
And specifically, please let us know about a single independent (of CERN) scientist (with sufficient background in nuclear physics) that has expressed any concerns about the LHC.