[The_Reader_David]

Of course, this report only deals with the ‘known unknowns’, and doesn’t address any ‘unknown unknowns’, as our poetic and philosophically perceptive one-time Sec. Def. would have put it.

Work at the LHC is research isn’t it? As Einstein pointed out “If we knew what we were doing, we wouldn’t call it research.”

[neverdem]

Of course, this report only deals with the ‘known unknowns’, and doesn’t address any ‘unknown unknowns’, as our poetic and philosophically perceptive one-time Sec. Def. would have put it.

Work at the LHC is research isn’t it? As Einstein pointed out “If we knew what we were doing, we wouldn’t call it research.”

Exactly! That's worth repeating. We don't know what we don't know, but if the worst happens, a black hole is created, who and what would remain to suffer any consequences?