In response to some regretfull news concerning the (oddly predictable) haulting of CERN’s initial test-runs of the LHC due to take place in April I decided to make a small post in reflection and share it here.  Some scientists have voiced concerns about consequences of drastic proportion if the LHC happened to “spit out” anything less desirable that what’s expected.  You can read the full news article here.

It’s regrettable to see the years of progress CERN has worked so hard for finally come to fruition only to be locked and barred less than a month from initial testing.  Even though some pretty bizarre consequences actually DO exist (both negative and positive), I still find the postponement very disappointing.

Any step mankind, not to mention an individual, takes into the “unknown” is going to produce paranoia, fear and uncertainty along with those who WANT to witness the unknown out of anticipation, a sense of wonder or a desire for mesurable change in ones life or in the world.  Change is novelty, an unkown shift in the loss or attainment of a nearly infinate range of physical or emotional patterns of behavior or external situations in ones life.  So surely anything of THIS nature is going to emotionally charge people one way or another – because it’s unkown.

Resistance to change seems to be, unfortunately, human nature at this moment in our history.

Personally, I am one of those who want to see the LHC, and all the minds behind it, succeed and carry on with this.  After all, anyone on this Earth who can say “I’ve succeeded in [insert event or situation here whether bad or good]” cannot honestly tell you that no risks were involved in that process of attainment and/or loss.

It makes me sad to think that if this were a WEAPON it would have been up and running years ago.