dis/con CERN (Die Frage nach der Technik)

[Daniel Julius]

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On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 3:06 PM, <bandwraith at aol.com> wrote:

> > Congratulations on the first succesful read through of ATD- an amazing
> > achievement!
>
> Dave:
>
> "A-and congratulations CERN on the first successful test of the LHC!"
>
> I'm sure they're connected, isn't everything? But you've got me
> thinking (uh-oh). How would Henry Adams see the LHC, if somehow
> transported through time to the present? As a modern (postmodern?)
> Mont Saint Michel, or Chartes?
>
> That Higgs boson- like the final stone in the cathedral of some
> already passed over theology.
>
> A-and James' Hyacinth, of "The Princess Casamissima," would he
> still find it all so charming on a Grand Tour that included CERN?
>
> Somehow they figure to single it all up into one neat bow, but on
> whose dime?
>
> Meawhile, somebody is still blasting through the rock, cooking the
> meals, taking out the trash. Who knows what tatzelworms lurk
> beneath those alps just awaitin' for the right knock to set them
> free?
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