| Though this article begins with the headline mentioning | | | | happened during the origin of the universe? Most of |
| CERN, it applies to all research that costs a lot of | | | | the nations are facing problems of hunger and |
| money but may give no results as far as our living | | | | sickness. Are the people there at all bothered about |
| condition is concerned on the earth. The Hadron | | | | these experiments and the results? The developed |
| experiment came into focus for many reasons- | | | | countries are fighting the menace of- |
| 1. The cost involved | | | | 1. Global warming |
| 2. The many countries that are collaborating | | | | 2. Terrorism |
| 3. The precision experiment | | | | 3. Economic slowdown |
| 4. The scale of equipment | | | | Which candidate has made this research an issue in |
| 5. The very high cost | | | | the elections for 2008? None of them have done so |
| 6. The fear of black holes production | | | | because they know that this just does not matter to |
| 7. The media exposure | | | | the electorate. What matters to the common person is |
| Since ages experiments have been conducted to | | | | the cost of living, jobs, education, taxes and health |
| unravel the mysteries of the universe. But none has | | | | care. Along with that the major threat of terrorism and |
| cost so much. The scientists' expect to know more | | | | loss of lives in fighting that. Why are we then |
| about- | | | | applauding this experiment? The money could have |
| 1. The origin of the universe | | | | been better spent in fighting global warming, AIDS, |
| 2. More subatomic particles | | | | generating employment and fighting terrorism. |
| 3. Higgins Boson | | | | It is tragic that large amount is spent on fancy |
| 4. Other findings. | | | | experiments but people in many African countries are |
| How will this help us all who share the earth? How | | | | dying of hunger. They are more worried about food |
| many are as such worried or bothered about what | | | | and medicines. |