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A ripple for every moment

Summer scent trickles off the fragile leaves, color washes away in the autumn breeze. Yellow, orange and crimson red, fall with pride from where they're shed. Ripples in the water, too small to be seen. Lost as quickly in the motion as the fading green. A switch in the current, a swell in the tide. Change on the surface but perfect inside.

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As discussion has somewhat halted on the issues related to humane societies, I found another topic of discussion. This is most likely far beyond some of our knowledge as I don't know any of my friends who are physicists (or nuclear physicists for that matter), however I always enjoyed the bus-ride-home discussion of moon shoes, planetary repulsion, and anti-gravity hats.

Newsweek has an excellent review of the biggest science experiment ever. The experiment is with the largest particle accelerator ever built (Large Hadron Collider) with the sole purpose of banging particles together and studying their collisions. I first asked myself why they wanted to do this and here is what I figured out. Apparently, the 10,000 scientists working on this little project can study the collisions which reveal information about the beginning of universes. Based on the particles created during the collisions, scientists could figure out why things have mass or even existence for that matter. It all seems very complicated to me and very threatening to others. There is even a non-profit organization formed for the sole purpose to prevent the scientists from turning this bad boy "ON." These skeptics feel that this particle accelerator could create black holes (miniature ones), new types of matter never seen before (strangelets), and alternative dimensions.

Whatever the case, the idea behind the experiment is very intriguing. Personally, I think it would be kindof cool if they were able to create some of these phenomena that humans have marveled at for years in science fiction series and films. I guess there is good reason to be nervous with such powerful technology.

I was wondering what my readers thought about this new particle accelerator? Are you for the cause or against it?

p.s. I expect some input from Richard and Justin on this one ; )

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