“A few dozen physicists bet everything — all life on the planet! — on their ability to calculate in advance the result of an experiment that had never been tried before.”
Thats the money quote. How many people would be willing to put all life on the planet in the hands of a few dozen scientists?
Here’s a link to a short vid detailing the extraordinary security and safety precautions being taken at the super smasher!
http://tinyurl.com/2zqcqf