Save yourselves! (http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/03/time-machine-worlds-biggest-particle.html)
All seriousness taken into account, everything I was having trepidation about for May 2008 (D-DAY!), including a recreation of an actual big bang (stop laughing dammit!) was dampened by the CERN. Who I trust implicityly, considering, you know, what I'm using to enter this post ^_^
DOOOOOOOOOOOOO....
...thats some really intriguing stuff going on, thanks for sharing. It sounds like we are coming into the next level of scientific discovery. Now back to your regularly scheduled program...
...OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!!
Fun fact: Some scientists have acknowledged the possibility that the Large Hadron Collider could cause some kind of smashy/explodey/space-tear-y thing that could basically rip the Earth apart.
Just by turning on.
We've been assured that it is, however, rather unlikely.
I feel... so much better.
:blink:
Ya, apparently some scientists have gone on record, including having proofs, that this thing could make a form of "ice-9". Something like anti-matter that basically chain reacts and eats all other matter and other crazy, yet apparently researched and plausible, scenarios.
It's ok, if we all die we'll be gone so fast we won't have time to blame the scientists.
Maybe it's just my weird nature, but I would be really excited to be present at a major cosmic event like the destruction of earth.
Any sort of black hole this thing generates should theoretically be so small as to dissipate before doing much, if any, damage.
It's pretty interesting stuff though, my dorm neighbor is a physics major and really into this stuff. There isn't really much chance of a disaster, but then again we're only human and we are quite skilled when it comes to blowing ourselves up really really well.
i guess it's just a race as to whether they can turn it on before y2k baffles all it's computer circuitry.
Is it just me, or does that thing actually look more like a death star? :o
The world blown out like a candle. Not a bad way to go, all things considered.
Considering we'll have nothing to eat but jellyfish in the next 10-20 years, might as well go while the eatin' is still good.
Quote from: captainspud on March 28, 2008, 01:30:59 PM
Fun fact: Some scientists have acknowledged the possibility that the Large Hadron Collider could cause some kind of smashy/explodey/space-tear-y thing that could basically rip the Earth apart.
Just by turning on.
Fun fact: The first atomic chain reaction was done at the University of Chicago (four-point-something millions residents). Scientists doing the experiment weren't quite certain that the reaction could be controlled.
Let's hope the prophets of doom are wrong again. Or that we all end up in a parallel universe full of peace, love and chocolate trees.
Sure, just so we can tear it apart with war, hatred and regular trees. >=]
I'm rather less than worried. Sounds like the most significant risk this thing poses is massive doses of radiation. Possibly bad for folks in the general vicinity, but too far away to affect me directly.
My general philosophy is, God didn't build the universe in such a way that Mankind can do it any permanent damage. And scientific discovery is a very good thing, as long as people look at it scientifically. Too many people elevate science to the level of Absolute Truth, rather than using it as a tool for observation and discovery.
It's a fine thing to say, "If x is true, then y is probably also true." And then prove it out. It's quite another to say, "If x is true, then a thru z are reality!" And then continue to assume so.
We're not going to discover time travel with this thing. Or invent hyperspace. Or nuke the universe. We might understand high-energy physics better. Real-world applications, probably not. Unless it happens to be a planetary death ray. ;)
Your world is coming to its end,
but you don't have to be afraid:
I'm here for you!
Save your happiness for tomorrow,
and today we'll drown in your tears.
A drop of your blood tastes like wine today...
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!111eleventy-one!
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Quote from: Epimethee on March 31, 2008, 07:57:30 PM
[Let's hope the prophets of doom are wrong again. Or that we all end up in a parallel universe full of peace, love and chocolate trees.
"There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened."
QuoteFun fact: The first atomic chain reaction was done at the University of Chicago (four-point-something millions residents). Scientists doing the experiment weren't quite certain that the reaction could be controlled.
I had a lecture about this today, "Science and the end of the world". It wasn't quite the end of the world I was expecting (biological warfare and nuclear bombs) but interesting nonetheless.
They told us a lot about the history of nuclear bombs and how they didn't even really know what they'd do 'til they dropped one.