If scientists were already able to discover and study the Higgs boson, what is the benefit of doing the experiment at higher speeds? And even though natural collisions happen at higher speeds, is there any unique risk to this specifically when manufactured by humans?

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If scientists were already able to discover and study the Higgs boson, what is the benefit of doing the experiment at higher speeds? And even though natural collisions happen at higher speeds, is there any unique risk to this specifically when manufactured by humans?

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Higgs boson wasn’t the goal, it’s just one of the many things we found using particle accelerators. It really is just smash stuff together to see what happens when you come down to it.

Any risks associated are removed by the fact that the stuff formed is in the magnitudes of sextillionths of a gram(probably even less, I just said a big number). The whole create a black hole and destroy the world drama is bygone.