re: #264 zelnaga

All that said, I do think there is a small problem with the argument presented in the video. In particular, using the same logic the video uses, one could argue that the Large Hadron Collider shouldn’t be activated. If you activate it, the worst case scenario, according to some people, is that a black hole will form and suck up the Earth. If you don’t activate it, the worst case scenario is that we deprive ourselves of neat new toys that a better understanding of physics could have produced.

Of course, the problem with that as an argument is that the worst case scenario of black holes is completely far fetched. Even if you assume it’s possible doesn’t mean it’s even remotely probable.

No credible scientist is proposing that a black hole will result from the LHC. Most credible scientists are proposing that if nothing is done global warming will be a catastrophe to the human race.