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Quote by: HelioPrime  Would someone like to share information please on exactly what the LHC will help discover and what might come out of it? |
Helio: I am assuming you are sincerely interested about the discoveries and not just bashing it, the serious and possible heated tone of the response at the bottom is for anyone who is claiming that particle accelerators are useless.
Previously particle accelerators led to the discovery of anti-matter helping scientists better understand and define certain laws of physics. With the studying of artificial black holes the scientists will be able to better theorize on the accuracy of the
Big Bang theory, which will provide us answers to the ever allusive question of how the universe began. As for your question about advancing technology I refer you here:
Google, I can provide a few to start you off though.
Wikipedia Entry Stanford.
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Particle acclerators benefit cosmology, astronomy, physics, medical science, and more. The fields benefited are greater than I want to list. If you can't appreciate the significance gained from the research using particle accelerators then you shouldn't be in a debate about them as even the ones worried about safety understand the advancements they lead to.
As you can see, if you choose not to ignore, the benefits of particle accelerators to society extend beyond that of philosophy and physics. If you want more proof I challenge you to find it yourself, the burden of proof in discrediting these machines is on your hands.