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[MetalMilitia]

Particles naturally collide hundreds of millions of times a day in our atmosphere and with energies that dwarf the LHC by comparison. So unless the world has already ended and I didn't get the memo, I'd say we're going to be just fine.

[LordSappington]

Originally Posted by MetalMilitia

Particles naturally collide hundreds of millions of times a day in our atmosphere and with energies that dwarf the LHC by comparison. So unless the world has already ended and I didn't get the memo, I'd say we're going to be just fine.

THe difference is that those collisions happen after a huge amount of distance, plus passing through the atmosphere, which weakens the reaction a huge amount. We're making this reaction where little to no energy will be lost since it will have a relatively short distance to travel.