By the looks of it a Black hole would be the best worst cast scenario... at least it would be over in less than a second. Still enough time to say I told you so.
Is the world about to end, LHC.
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Apparently if a micro black hole was to escape and be pulled into the earths graivity it could take a few years to eat the earth. Which would fit into the Mayan calender.
Also the Machine is being switched on as the earths population recently hit 6.66 Billion people.
Also the Machine is being switched on as the earths population recently hit 6.66 Billion people.
ROFL
i was just reading about the LHC and came across this quote, from professor Brian Cox at the University of Manchester:
i was just reading about the LHC and came across this quote, from professor Brian Cox at the University of Manchester:
Hawking is usually full of **** but he's probubly guessed correctly about this, he gets lucky too much, I'm suspicious.
Isn't it funny how the ones to always deny the worst outcomes are the ones with vested interests. Someone working on the project for the last 20 years and companies spending millions of dollars are hardly going to come out now and say its dangerous.
Defensive much? Hardly the kind of language the expect from one of the worlds leading physicists.
the reason it's funny to me is that it's a very mancunian thing to say. I expect he headbutted the reporter shortly afterwards
for the non-english people, mancunian means "from manchester"
for the non-english people, mancunian means "from manchester"
However, Hawking puts the odds of the formation of microscopic black holes at about 1% and dismisses any claim that they will pose any sort of threat. Collisions in the earth's atmosphere release even more energy on a regular basis and have not destroyed the earth yet, he points out.
Remember when the worlds top scientists thought the world was flat? whats the difference here. They say there needs to be a 4th dimension or another massive anomaly for a black hole or stranglet to be formed. Yet at one point we thought the world was flat and flying into space was only science fiction.
Stranger things have happened.
Remember when the worlds top scientists thought the world was flat? whats the difference here. They say there needs to be a 4th dimension or another massive anomaly for a black hole or stranglet to be formed. Yet at one point we thought the world was flat and flying into space was only science fiction.
Stranger things have happened.
even if a black hole was formed, it has been shown that black holes decay (disappear) faster if they are smaller.
it has also been seen that this kind of collision happens all the time. the only reason we need the LHC is so that we can put the collisions somewhere we can examine them.
http://forums.canadiancontent.net/science-environment/76936-first-beam-lhc-accelerating-science.html
Thread about its first test fire.
Thread about its first test fire.
I love the fact that the internet provides a great place for people with little or no knowledge, but a whole lot of gullibility, to discuss how scared they are by relatively straightforward things.
Buildings falling down, microwave ovens, fluoride, etc.
Ignorance (in the true meaning of the word, ie, lack of knowledge) is stunningly fun to watch when it's in full flight.
CARRY ON, LADS.
Buildings falling down, microwave ovens, fluoride, etc.
Ignorance (in the true meaning of the word, ie, lack of knowledge) is stunningly fun to watch when it's in full flight.
CARRY ON, LADS.
Please enlighten me oh great one.
Buildings falling down, microwave ovens and fluoride are a far step from a LHC. What was that about ignorance?
Buildings falling down, microwave ovens and fluoride are a far step from a LHC. What was that about ignorance?
