On the one hand, yes. There should always be a healthy concern for safety.
But keep in mind these sorts of things happen relatively frequently - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh-My-God_particle Furthermore, they have a really good idea of what's going to happen. With bowling, I can't tell you if i'm going to roll a strike or a split, but i'm sure i won't hit you with a bowling ball.
To put it another way, if there was some scary possible outcome, there would be evidence of that from the many particles that hit us regularly. Mini black holes sound scary, but they're really tiny and just evaporate because they're, well, mini. Nuclear reactions are well understood. If there was some other effect, we'd see it in the sun. Just think about how hard it is to get fusion power working. What are the chances of that happening accidentally?
So yes. You and I are right to be concerned, we're facing the unknown. But if you look into it, you'll see the folks doing the research, well, it's not unknown to them. They're looking for small details in well understood systems. Maybe something bad will happen, but they're not shooting from the hip.
But keep in mind these sorts of things happen relatively frequently - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh-My-God_particle Furthermore, they have a really good idea of what's going to happen. With bowling, I can't tell you if i'm going to roll a strike or a split, but i'm sure i won't hit you with a bowling ball.
To put it another way, if there was some scary possible outcome, there would be evidence of that from the many particles that hit us regularly. Mini black holes sound scary, but they're really tiny and just evaporate because they're, well, mini. Nuclear reactions are well understood. If there was some other effect, we'd see it in the sun. Just think about how hard it is to get fusion power working. What are the chances of that happening accidentally?
So yes. You and I are right to be concerned, we're facing the unknown. But if you look into it, you'll see the folks doing the research, well, it's not unknown to them. They're looking for small details in well understood systems. Maybe something bad will happen, but they're not shooting from the hip.