What possible benefit could it be to Humanity?

Money isn't the be all and end all. There are some things that we need to invest in, just for knowledge, not financial gain.

As other people have said, if you do feel the need to justify better understanding the origins of the universe in financial terms, there are many things that have come out of experiments like this which now benefit us in everyday life.

Only time will tell if the benefits out Way the costs ,its that old story of move on with progress don't stand still.Hey what if there is people starving in the third world ,nature is changing and we are getting climate change by the way why do we have a third world? ah the questions can go on and on but i diverse back to this wonderful new toy,! oops i mean machine.Lets hope it changes life for the better as did stevenson,wright brothers,pastur'e and all the others who knows.

I heard this quote years ago (in a game, oddly enough), which I find to be right on the money:

"There are two kinds of scientific progress: the methodical experimentation and categorization which gradually extend the boundaries of knowledge, and the revolutionary leap of genius which redefines and transcends those boundaries. Acknowledging our debt to the former, we yearn nontheless for the latter."

That's what I see the LHC to be. A product of, and an instrument for, scientific genius. I'm sure it will be worth every single penny, and then some.

Spin-offs from this research include the ability to break down radioactive waste into harmless substances, and pioneering treatments for cancer that only kill the tumour cells, without damage to healthy cells.

Are those benefits going to be worth the huge amount of money invested? Only time will tell.

Last time anybody put a large sum of money into a science/engineering project like this they created the internet, need any more incentive?

nicely, in case you may have the skill to unite great swathes of humanity under what they provide concept to some point of a difficulty-unfastened subculture, that's going to decrease the indoors warfare, develop commerce and communication. In different words, you may no longer deny the cultural team spirit component of religion in a heritage of progression. this is why i think of that's extremely naive to pose the question as an the two/or between technology and faith. As for the way forward for faith, who knows? those are millenial institutions, they have weathered a selection of of cultural bumps till now. you may no longer underestimate that variety of component. in my view, i don't experience the will for faith interior the social experience, yet i do no longer think of that must be the question the two for thoroughly diverse motives. I digress. you may no longer deny religions have in many situations been unifying forces. That makes cultures ripe for suggestions. Algebra and astronomy under Islam, and the guidelines of formal logical in Christianity, as long as you used it to attempt to coach God. after which you have even have been given those clergymen who replica out books tirelessly and shield antiquity for us. In China, that replaced into the activity of the mandarins and their heritage replaced into plenty extra unified. it is not an consumer-friendly question.

there will be so many sub technologies that come from this it will be worth every cent

jsut as landing on the moon didnt really do anythign for humanity. But what we gained form the space program goes on and on and on

The techonology used to keep the thing cool is already being used in Fusion reactors (ie those which provide your electricity).

Feel free to read this:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Technology/Large-...