Does the Large Hadron Collider worry you ?

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Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

It seems to me the entire argument comes down to whether black holes evaporate or not:

Exactly, you pinpointed the whole issue. Both sides admit Micro Black Holes can be created by the LHC so it's not even an issue of whether the machine can or cannot create them. One side says they will evaporate as soon as they are created, the other says they may not. And to complete your nice pinpointing of the issue, in all honesty NO side knows for sure, which is what is worrying and the other slightly worrying fact is that we are not talking about one side of savvy scientists vs a side of regular guys like you and me. It's scientists on both sides. The only positive element in this is that the "pro LHC" side outnumbers the "con" side so we can hope that a bigger number of smart brains knows better than the smaller number of opposites just as smart brains.

If one can appreciate this equation, one can get at least a little worried.