We're all Gonna Die!

Those guys who are Wicked Smaht are back.

The Large Hadron Collider is set to demolish the Earth on Wednesday. For those non-nerds, the Large Hadron Collider is that $10Billion thing they have spent 200 years building over in Switzerland. The LHC is that thing that is going to accelerate atom particles to re-create the Big Boom. The LHC is that thing that is going to let the F'ing Klingons enter the Earth through a worm hole created and destroy us.

Seriously. Science is cool and all, but this might be one of the coolest experiments of all time. Right next to feeding seagulls Alkaselters and watching to see if their guts explode at 100 feet. Even though experiments might be cool and answer questions that have been baffling people for centuries, are they really necessary?

Ok, what happens if we figure out how the Universe works a little better? That's not going to help me pay my bills. That's not going to keep my Chargers from letting me down time and time again. So whats the point? I realize the chances are SOOOO remote that I'll be seeing Klingons vaporize people in line at Starbucks, but if there is a possibility for throwing the Earth out of rotation, why do it?

I'm all for progress, but unless we have a feeling that we know there's a way to cure cancer by doing this, is it really worth the risk?