Very wise. And long overdo. “Scientists” should not be allowed to do whatever they want without any recourse to stop them. Nobody else can. I am certain the families of those on the space shuttle Challenger would agree.

How does anyone become an expert in the exploration of the unknown? For instance the Fermi satellite set to explore dark matter failed to detect the expected collisions in the 5 to 15 GeV range as predicted by physicists. So far thirty years of experiments have produced a couple of inconclusive flashes that may be dark matter detection or it could be simply background noise.

If one dares to question the obviously brilliant scientists in their ’knowledge of the unknown’ it brings an outburst of ’twat’ from a leading voice of particle exploration. I am sorry the only thing I want from the experiment is to be 500 miles or more from it which I am, for all the good that may be.

The 18 or 19 orders of magnitude of safety may be right but as anyone knows the E=mc^2 is only a cut down of a far larger equation from which things like 1/(1-c^4) have been dismissed as insignificant. If one was to suggest an event horizon could cause an inversion of 34 to 35 orders of magnitude an outraged physics community screams provide proof. Fine make a black hole and if we survive then I am wrong.

The scientific community is not approachable in this area. I suspect if more young people were encouraged to present ideas there would be a huge drop in the numbers interested in science.

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PLEEEASE, there are no judges that can qualify to properly evaluate p. physics experiments. We would only create a new inquisition to obstruct science advancements. In Mexico we say Zapatero a tus zapatos, or shoe repairmen should stick to shoes…

Albert, to say that “there are no judges that can qualify to properly evaluate particle physics experiments” is ridiculous. Physicists are not special or superior people. Yeah, particle physics is complicated. But so is Sesame Street, if you allow it to be.

Your argument, or more appropriately, your statement, suggests that a person who has studied a field other than particle physics is no longer capable of learning particle physics. Does that mean that the inverse is true? Is a physicist incapable of becoming a judge because of his/her academic experience in physics, or does a degree in physics provide for a universal understanding of any field?

Yes, some fields are more complex than others. But, it is ignorant to suggest that someone who is among the pinnacle of a learned profession (as a judge hearing a case such as this would be) is not capable of understanding another.