Ok; I lost track of all the quotes, and cites, and everything here, but I did catch the following...
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Originally Posted by Warren Platts
And besides that, it's not up to me to prove that the LHC is dangerous. Perhaps you've heard of the " Precautionary Principle"? If so, you clearly need a refresher:
"The precautionary principle is a moral and political principle which states that if an action or policy might cause severe or irreversible harm to the public or to the environment, in the absence of a scientific consensus that harm would not ensue, the burden of proof falls on those who would advocate taking the action." |
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I thought there was a scientific consensus that harm will not ensue.
It seems to me that it's a small minority of scientific types, and many, non-scientist who are claiming possible harm.
