I guess my question is, should we?

Seriously, I'm not very squeamish when it comes to scientific exploration and experimentation. Discoveries are made by madmen and women who just have a certain drive, a need-to-know attitude. Combine that with a good education and you have scientists who are willing to do almost anything to learn those burning questions of science.

Geneva, Switzerland did something that we couldn't get done here in Texas near Waco back in the 90s. They built a giant particle smasher. It's been a great addition to science there's no doubt, and would have been very successful if built here as well.

I don't pretend to know anything more than what I've read in science fiction and seen in Sci-Fi movies and on TV shows, but if you read the article on NewsHour.com and realize they are attempting to open miniature black holes and make contact with parallel universes, then suddenly alarms start going off in my head. This sounds kinda dangerous.

Indeed the LHC has been spectacularly successful. First scientists proved the existence of the elusive Higgs boson ‘God particle’ – a key building block of the universe – and it is seemingly well on the way to nailing ‘dark matter’ – a previously undetectable theoretical possibility that is now thought to make up the majority of matter in the universe.

But next week’s experiment is considered to be a game changer.

I started thinking, wait a second here, aren't there giant black holes in space that are swallowing up planets, suns and whole solar systems. How do we know those monstrous black holes didn't start off as miniature black holes?

I'm sure they're taking every precaution . . . right?

Luckily, none of this keeps me up at night, but it does make you think a little.

Read the article. It is fascinating.

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