Recreating the Big Bang

Today was the first run of the amazing particle collider. Its a cylinder that is 17 miles long, and was built by European scientist at a cost of $3.8 billion. Its in Geneva and today they started it up and forced the first particle through the tube. Now there are two schools of thought around this. One comes from a bunch of older gentlemen, in white coats, with wild hair and who have never had sex (scientists) who believe this will give us great insight into what happened a few seconds after the big bang happened. They will be able to establish the way the world was formed. The other school of thought believes that we will be creating small pockets of balck holes, that will keep on growing and eventually cause the end of the world. I have no concerns about any of these things. My one and only question for this entire expansive experiment is..... WHY? Why do people spend $3.8 billion on something so insignificant. Who cares about the first few seconds after the big bang. What a waste of money!!!