Awe come on...Yeah, there is an inherent risk to anything and everything we do. There were significant risks to individuals and all of mankind every time we have pushed the technological envelope. At one time, scientists were convinced speeds in excess of 30mph were fatal, the Earth was flat, flight was impossible, evil and potentially fatal, that the cross-bow would be the demise of man-kind, as would the invention of electricity, gun-powder, and the Gatlin gun. People have always been afriad of what they don't understand or comprehend. This is the basis for urban legends [drying poodle in the microwave], sources of panic [the '33 broadcast of the Orsen Wells classic Martian Invasion] and conspiracy theorists [the Hale-Bop comet people who all committed suicide].
I'm not saying there is no risk involved...just maybe blown a little out of proportion. Afterall, if the blackhole eats the Earth [smile, it could be Godzilla or Mothra], those scientists will also perish. Then, where's the grandure in the accomplishment?
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'Old Man Dave'
KCOM, Class of '03