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Now why would anybody be scared of the LHC?

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) – a 17 mile long particle accelerator on the France/Switzerland border – has been a center of controversy ever since its construction began.
Pseudoscientists, religious nuts and fear-mongering journalists have speculated that the colliding particles will create a black hole that would swallow the earth, or whatever other crappy idea [...]