If it makes you feel any better, the Earth is hit by something like 4000 cosmic rays a day with energies that are 760,000 times higher than those being generate

If it makes you feel any better, the Earth is hit by something like 4000 cosmic rays a day with energies that are 760,000 times higher than those being generated at CERN. That is 7 × 10^15 events since the Earth was formed and it's still here. :) Sources and half-assed math: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-energy_cosmic_ray http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-energy_cosmic_ray Lower limit for UHE cosmic ray: 10^19 eV 10^19 eV / 13 TeV = 769 230.769 24 events detected / 3 years in an area of 3,000 sq. km Surface area of the Earth = 510 million sq. km (510.1 million / 3000) * (27 / (3 years)) * 24 hours = 4188 events per day, or 7.19241 × 10^15 in 4.7 billion years.