I thought I would offer a series of quotes to counter the codswallop frequently expressed here \u2014 suggesting that mainstream physicists have genuine concerns about the safety of the LHC.<\/p>\n
So, here\u2019s one:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe operation of the LHC is safe, not only in the old sense of that word, but in the more general sense that our most qualified scientists have thoroughly considered and analyzed the risks involved in the operation of the LHC. [Any concerns] are merely hypothetical and speculative, and contradicted by much evidence and scientific analysis.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n Prof. Sheldon Glashow, Nobel Laureate in Physics, Boston University,<\/p>\n Prof. Frank Wilczek, Nobel Laureate in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,<\/p>\n Prof. Richard Wilson, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics, Harvard University.<\/p>\n (from http:\/\/public.web.cern.ch\/public\/en\/lhc\/safety-en.html<\/a><\/a>).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Steve Nerlich (Space Settlement Board member and Death-by-LHC skeptic<\/em>) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I thought I would offer a series of quotes to counter the codswallop frequently expressed here \u2014 suggesting that mainstream physicists have genuine concerns about the safety of the LHC. So, here\u2019s one: \u201cThe operation of the LHC is safe, not only in the old sense of that word, but in the more general sense [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[219],"tags":[369,370],"class_list":["post-2450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-physics","tag-consensus-scientific-opinion","tag-nobel-prize-winners-are-generally-worth-listening-to"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}