-- Posted by JOZ at 5:44 am on Sep. 11, 2008 Do u guys reckon the LHC should have been built? -- Posted by Briley 07 at 5:45 am on Sep. 11, 2008 Unless some amazingly super information gets discovered which can benefit the human race then no, it cost too much. -- Posted by Latin Muscle at 5:46 am on Sep. 11, 2008 If it works, yes. If it fails...fucking waste of  euros. -- Posted by JOZ at 5:49 am on Sep. 11, 2008 i reckn no matter the results of the experiments then they will have benefited weather they prove the existance of dark matter or now however i dont know how they will as they think it travels through all normal matter hence undetectable -- Posted by Mattie17 at 5:49 am on Sep. 11, 2008 Quote: from latin muscle at 1:46 pm on Sep. 11, 2008 If it works, yes. If it fails...fucking waste of  euros. this -- Posted by PunK R0cKeR at 5:50 am on Sep. 11, 2008 waste of money! especially when theres 3rd world countries and famine! -- Posted by JOZ at 5:52 am on Sep. 11, 2008 yeah they could have used the money for that but if all the main countried made the food 2 eat and didnt chuck food out them there wouldnt b hunger anyway -- Posted by Relayer at 5:52 am on Sep. 11, 2008 Absolutely, yes. This is the kind of thing we need to be finding out. -- Posted by easy at 5:53 am on Sep. 11, 2008 major waste -- Posted by Acid World at 5:55 am on Sep. 11, 2008 Quote: from PunK R0cKeR at 5:50 am on Sep. 11, 2008 waste of money! especially when theres 3rd world countries and famine! Thats no reason not to have space programs or make giant science machines. 3rd world countries are often 3rd world countries faults. Some are just being manipulated and fucked over by trade policies, but alot of the african countries are 3rd world because of their politics. Nobody wants to invest or trade with Zimbabwe because Zimbabwe is not reliable, it has no property rights. Mugabe could wake up one morning and confiscate everything for the state. -- Posted by JOZ at 5:56 am on Sep. 11, 2008 hmmm i wonder if there is dark matter? what if they grosely overestimated the weight of the universe and we think normal metter only makes up 5% of it where as the estimation was wrong and it makes up 100% of it lol funny if they discovered that -- Posted by marshmellowman at 5:58 am on Sep. 11, 2008 Yes, because I support the advancement of science. -- Posted by Acid World at 5:59 am on Sep. 11, 2008 Quote: from JOZ at 5:56 am on Sep. 11, 2008 hmmm i wonder if there is dark matter? what if they grosely overestimated the weight of the universe and we think normal metter only makes up 5% of it where as the estimation was wrong and it makes up 100% of it lol funny if they discovered that Well, thats what it's here to find. If there is no such thing as dark matter then we have to re-think, re-test, and re-measure a couple of our laws and theories in the physics field. As well as the other things it is setting out to find. -- Posted by JOZ at 6:02 am on Sep. 11, 2008 Quote: from Acid World at 5:59 am on Sep. 11, 2008 Quote: from JOZ at 5:56 am on Sep. 11, 2008 hmmm i wonder if there is dark matter? what if they grosely overestimated the weight of the universe and we think normal metter only makes up 5% of it where as the estimation was wrong and it makes up 100% of it lol funny if they discovered that   Well, thats what it's here to find. If there is no such thing as dark matter then we have to re-think, re-test, and re-measure a couple of our laws and theories in the physics field. As well as the other things it is setting out to find. yeah i cant wait 2 see the results and ill prob b in uni b4 they come out which means ill have smart people arround me to talk about it with insted of putting up with people who dont know wut they are talking bout woot -- Posted by kingduffy at 6:27 am on Sep. 11, 2008 No not really its a waste of money, theyre is people starving in the world an that 6 billion coulda have helped them out alot, why do we need to know how the universe was formed? isnt it enough its already here? -- Posted by allsmiles at 8:55 am on Sep. 11, 2008 Yes, I support it. I don't understand the people who are like "only if it benefits the world/me with success, else no!" Particle accelerators are already in use and proven, this is just one which is larger, more powerful, with a greater capability for data collection. There's just no possibility that the LHC will be a failure. -- Posted by slimsean3 at 10:10 am on Sep. 11, 2008 Quote: from PunK R0cKeR at 5:50 am on Sep. 11, 2008 waste of money! especially when theres 3rd world countries and famine! What are you talking about? The LHC cost 5 Billion GBP to make. That's nothing in comparison to the global economy. As Stephen Hawking said the other day: "Both the LHC, and the space programme, are vital if the human race is not to stultify, and eventually die out. Together they cost less than one tenth of a percent of world GDP. If the human race cannot afford that, it doesn't deserve the epithet, human." Without spending money and time making new scientific discoveries, how does anyone expect us to learn the answers to life's questions which have boggled us for so long? I believe in CERN. -- Posted by PunK R0cKeR at 10:13 am on Sep. 11, 2008 Quote: from slimsean3 at 6:10 pm on Sep. 11, 2008 Quote: from PunK R0cKeR at 5:50 am on Sep. 11, 2008 waste of money!    especially when theres 3rd world countries and famine! What are you talking about? The LHC cost 5 Billion GBP to make. That's nothing in comparison to the global economy. As Stephen Hawking said the other day: "Both the LHC, and the space programme, are vital if the human race is not to stultify, and eventually die out. Together they cost less than one tenth of a percent of world GDP. If the human race cannot afford that, it doesn't deserve the epithet, human." Without spending money and time making new scientific discoveries, how does anyone expect us to learn the answers to life's questions which have boggled us for so long? I believe in CERN. CTRL C and V come in very handy Sean   -- Posted by slimsean3 at 10:28 am on Sep. 11, 2008 Don't make me slap you. -- Posted by JohnTheNormalOne at 11:44 am on Sep. 11, 2008 I heard that it had about the same cost as the Beijing Olympics. And this will (probably) give us some breakthrough information, so I think it was worth it. People spend money like that on lots of useless stuff, and this is something that will last. -- Posted by JOZ at 6:48 am on Sep. 12, 2008 Quote: from JohnTheNormalOne at 11:44 am on Sep. 11, 2008 I heard that it had about the same cost as the Beijing Olympics. And this will (probably) give us some breakthrough information, so I think it was worth it. People spend money like that on lots of useless stuff, and this is something that will last. yeah its a heeps better use then the olympics that lasts a few weeks this will last for ages and benefit science where as the olympics are just to find out what country is oveall best at sports