Scientists across the world are trying to find the one particle that is the source of our physical reality. It’s a multi-million dollar race with possibly devastating consequences.
Some locations:
A 17 mile long tunnel below the French- Swiss border
A 20 mile long machine in Beijing China
Fermi Laboratory- U.S.
To the normal person, quantum physics is beyond comprehension. We take what we see as concrete fact. A cup is a cup. A table is composed of wood, glue and screws. Life seems simple to our eyes. But in fact, all things are composed of atoms, particles, sub atomic particles, etc. Even time as we know it is not constant but elastic and negotiable.
So what are we supposed to think when those of super-human intelligence begin smashing atoms in secret laboratories and search the aftermath for what they consider to be “His” fingerprint on creation? Then if something goes seriously wrong, and a hole the size of Montana rips through the fabric of the universe- are we competent enough to repair it? This is my question. Plus, the theory exists that it could also unleash millions of “black holes” that float around, maybe gather in in mass, and draw other matter into them.
“Honey, where’s the car?”
“Oh, that big black hole came and swallowed it up.”
“And the cat?”
“He went along for the ride.”
There comes a time when we must take our hands off the wheel and let what is a mystery- stay a mystery. Don’t we have enough on our plates to fix right now in this world? Let’s find a cure for AIDS. A new form of renewable energy. A solution for the world’s hungry. An understanding between cultures.
So we know we are letting a genie out of a bottle- opening Pandora’s box, playing with fire, running with scissors. Like children we cannot escape our own curiosity, and when fantasy becomes fiction, Chicken Little will be protected in his own small bunker reeling from the results.
