Originally Posted by Der Teufel
However, other more dangerous particles will also be produced for which searches are planned, such as black holes, and never seen before particles of matter, and even now, the architects of what is being termed a “Doomsday” machine, the U.S. Department of Energy, Fermilab, the National Science Foundation and CERN are being sued in federal court over fears that this experiment may in fact destroy the planet.
How would that work then? If the world is destroyed who do you sue? If not how do you make it stick?
Looks like someone's getting a wodge from the US coffers for their 'preliminary investigations'.
Lets not forget who set off the world's first atom bomb. (see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gadget) Opinion was split as to whether the explosion would ignite ALL the hydrogen in the atmosphere. That was one hell of a coin toss.