The Atom Smasher and Market Woes (Pt. II).

Hadron Collider
After years of developing, months of anticipation and hundreds of doomsday theorists, the atom smasher was unveiled without so much as a hiccup. The idea is that we can uncover the so-called "God particle" by smashing two atoms into one another - in other words, create a mini "Big Bang."

While I believe in a lot of science's findings, I do not believe the Universe became something out of nothing by colliding particles. I'm not saying that everything came into being 4000 years ago either, but if the scientific community is looking for the "God particle," the middle of a 17-mile tube is not where they need to be looking.

Quite frankly, I don't know what to believe as far as how this Hadron Collider will affect humanity. On one hand, I'm sure we'll make leaps-and-bounds in the scientific world that the rest of us will be completely unaffected by; perhaps a couple physics formulas will change for us in high school. On the other, I wonder if by colliding particles if we could create a massive black hole that would begin sucking people down -- starting with the people who decided to mess with the fabric of our being to begin with. A big part of me wonders if God intentionally made something in this device malfunction this week -- as if to say "hey, perhaps you should leave life's great mysteries up to me." But we all know that science is never satisfied...

All I'm trying to say is that perhaps this allocation of billions of world dollars and years of man power could have probably been directed toward a much more beneficial pursuit (like curing cancer or combating HIV).

Market Woes
Just a quick note on this one, as I'm tired of writing about the ignorance of the government about how supply and demand works. Yes, the stock market is back where it was at the beginning of the week, and yes, oil is still reasonable. However, the bailout of financial institutions up to this day looks like it's going to cost $700 billion... that's more than 1-1/2 times the cost of the Iraq war. And the Democrats say Republicans waste money...