“We’re hoping to get that quantum leap in our understanding that comes from the discovery of something unexpected—that’s what we live for,” Shears says. “But even if it doesn’t happen, we are going to learn more about the universe because we will have searched in this new area where we’ve never been able to study before.”

All things considered, smashing particles together hoping to see what happens? Seriously? While I find the potential intriguing I'm reminded of a quote:

:It would indeed be the ultimate tragedy if the history of the human race proved to be nothing more noble than the story of an ape playing with a box of matches on a petrol dump."
- 1960 In the Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct.