We here at “I’m with Stupid” have decided to do something a little different for a change. Instead of focusing on something idiotic, this week we’re going to discuss something so smart it just might destroy us all.

I’m referring specifically to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the most powerful atom-smasher ever built, which is set to be switched on in August at an underground laboratory outside Geneva, Switzerland.

The purpose of the LHC, which, at a cost of $5.8 billion, is being called the largest scientific experiment in history, is to make protons collide in a search for “dark matter,” Continue reading »