QuoteIt's like a headline from The Onion.Large Hadron Collider will not turn world to goo, promise scientists
I'll tell you Thursday.Originally Posted by pineapple stu
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Not sure I see the practical point of the experiment to be honest. Anyone care to enlighten me?
It's like a headline from The Onion.Large Hadron Collider will not turn world to goo, promise scientists
I'll tell you Thursday.
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In the process of the protons being smashed into each other, black holes are created. But they are really tiny and last for a really short time, something 1 millionth of a second or something like that. The Pessimist's that no of nothing about science, see Machine and Black Hole and put them together and you see the results from the headlines.
They have smashing protons against each other for a long time, since the 80s, I think, This machine will do the same as in the past but will give more information about the origins of the big bang.
You just need to read some of the more well-informed, reasoned scientific debates to understand all the issues, Stu.
Here yo go: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...Wednesday.html
Thank me later.
Is there any chance that we could create new universes out of these little big bangs? We could lord it over them like gods, it would be cool.
Incredible piece of machinery and human creation. The practical point is to find evidence of the purported God particle, Higgs Boson..explaining why objects have mass when theoretically they shouldn't.
As close as possible to get the conditions at the Big Bang..
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Tell all the Bohs you know
that we've gone and won two-in-a-row
and it's not gonna be three
and it's not gonna be four
it's more likely to be 5-1.
Maybe our universe was created by aliens with their large hardon collider and the religions of the world have more in common with the film, "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" than we'd like to admit.
Maybe indeed, but this might be able to tell for sure..
The Model Club
Tell all the Bohs you know
that we've gone and won two-in-a-row
and it's not gonna be three
and it's not gonna be four
it's more likely to be 5-1.
How funny would it be when they smash the protons together there was an old man with a white beard creating a universe. The 7th day he didn't rest after all, he was just rudely interrupted
Have you any insider knowledge on this, Jebus?
I was praying one day, asking God why he doesn't just stop bad things happening to good people, he said it was because he was still annoyed about us interrupting him just as he was gonna give us everlasting world peace. I then heard about this experiment and put two and two together. Interestingly he also gave the same answer when I asked him why he doesn't just kill a lot more people that deserve it instead. Seems someone has quite a large chip on their shoulder
That's more like what I was after! Excellent stuff.You just need to read some of the more well-informed, reasoned scientific debates to understand all the issues, Stu.
Here yo go: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...Wednesday.html
Thank me later.
I like this bit particularly -
This death is somehow way more terrifying than a month of random earthquakes before we all get burned alive as the earth's insides goop out all over the planet?
And how is one black hole going to destroy the entire cosmos when lots of other black holes haven't?
And how is it "embarrassing" that we don't fully understand quantum physics?
Too many sensible posts on this thread. Needed that. Cheers, TCM!
They just had a bit on it on the news there, pretty much shattering any of the tabs' fears.
Ah sure, even if it is the end of the world, I'll be sound asleep at eight o'clock tomorrow morning.
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If the world ends tomorrow that will shut up those creationists!
trueIf the world ends tomorrow that will shut up those creationists!
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The Model Club
Tell all the Bohs you know
that we've gone and won two-in-a-row
and it's not gonna be three
and it's not gonna be four
it's more likely to be 5-1.
It wouldn't. It would however make a really small black hole with exactly the mass of the earth. The poor buggers on the ISS would be in for a surprise when they next looked out the window. They'd be orbiting the point in space where Earth should be, but there'd be nothing to see.*
* Disclaimer: yes, I know they'd probably get mushed in the whole mêlée too. I just like the image.
Anyway, I basically fall back on this argument whenever asked about the LHC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt1Yo610lG0
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Little big bangs? Are they like regular bangs only more oxymoronic?
But seriously, I'm not worried about this experiment. What worries me is that the world will start suffering from Mad Scientist Trying to Destroy the Planet Fatigue and the next time, when some nutter does try to implode the Universe, we'll all be like; "Yeah right, I've heard that one before.".
On RTE news tonight they interviewed scientist guy who was asked if something could go wrong. His answer was something to the affect "nah nah the earth is constantly hit by particles from space & if nothing bad has happened from that then nothing bad will happen tomorrow..." I had this image of this scientist.
Best to sleep through tomorrow.
Last edited by pete; 09/09/2008 at 11:06 PM.
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