Optimal Conditions

Icarus was warned of flying too high (lest the Sun melt the wax used to construct his wings) or too low (lest the waves catch him) - but this could be an allegory about Man's place in the Cosmos.

Maybe this is the problem with CERN.

Maybe we have not evolved to the point of being able to handle the results of such a reaction.
Maybe there is a limit to what we are supposed to know or what can do.

Our current understanding of bacteriophages may enable us to infect viruses. A similar theory could aid in the creation of prions made to replicate harmful or beneficial proteins.

But maybe this is going too small.

Maybe colloidal silver, copper or gold is on a scale too small for our control.

Maybe the ability to change humans on the genetic level is not a problem we'd like to solve.

Maybe it's the scale of the molecules and not the substances themselves which are the causes of the problem.

Even when we push our limits only slightly past our natural habitations - we have a need to create entirely new environments to sustain us.

High Speed flight requires special suits and breathing apparatus to enable us to function.

Climbs to heights higher than that one is used to can cause elevation sickness.

Deep sea exploration requires man made environments.

I'm all for knowledge - but only on a scale which we are evolved to handle.