[Terpfen]

If a split atom blows up, what will 2 smashed, crashing atoms do?

This benefits humanity how?

You do realize the answers to your questions are a simple Google search away, correct? You're on the Internet. It's a vast source of insight and information if you bother to do the legwork.

And you're very poorly informed as to the purpose of the experiment and the methodology used. Yes, splitting the atom creates a substantial release of energy-- however, the LHC does not split the atom, so we're not going to see any mushroom clouds any time soon.

Do your homework.

[tuckrdout]

Sorry to bother you, guess you don’t know either.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

CERN isn’t set up to “split atoms”.

More the reverse.

Today they warmed up by testing firing a proton beam around the collider in one direction.

They, they test-fired a proton beam the other direction.

The plan (to happen in a month or two): collide two proton beams head-first, directly into each other. Impacting the most dense particle we know of traveling at light speed, directly into another just like it traveling at light speed. Head on.

The resulting compression of matter, just might create a genuine black hole.

After which, it will be hungry.

Looking for food...