Is It Worth the Risk?

Sometimes you should err on the side of caution.

A few years ago there was a big project here in Texas. They were building a particle accelerator to study exactly what happened at the moment the universe was created. As far as I know it had no commercial applications and was being built for pure scientific research.

I have no problem with that.

However, I recently heard that a small percentage of the scientists familiar with the project were concerned that when the accelerator was fired it would create a wormhole and destroy Earth.

Wow.

To me, it seemed like the downside waaaaay outweighed the up side.

What brought this to mind was a discussion about global warming I had with my younger brother the other day.

He is one of the Fox News ditto heads. If they say it, he is perfectly willing to believe it, and worse, repeat it ad nauseum.

I've had the arguments with him about Obama not putting his hand over his heart during the pledge of allegiance. I told him to watch the video the photograph had been grabbed from and he'd discover it wasn't during the pledge but was instead during the Star Spangled Banner.

Etc., etc., etc.

But to me the things you should do to slow global warming are good things anyway. Reduce pollution, reduce dependence on fossil fuels, be more energy efficient. All good things.

So if there is even a slim chance that global warming is real, why take the chance?