LHC = End of world???may 28th 2008

Jackovarian · 29-03-2008 05:33AM #1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider

ok, you'll have to do a bit of digging on his one, but its certainly something to ponder!

ok, my thread title is a bit of a joke, but it is a serious issue. this machine could have the possibility to create black holes, strangelets, and of course dark matter.

now, all of these thing pose great threats to mankind. if not kept in proper environment.

all im saying is, could they not have asked before thy took such a risk!!!

like, they reckon that if they do create a black hole that steven hawkings radiation theories will hold up and the black holes wont be able to survive and will collapse.

but maybe im crazy, and its quite possible, has hawking not been wrong before???

anyways, its scary, its happening on the 28th may, and i for one am hoping they dont **** things up.:mad:

Jello · 29-03-2008 05:34AM

No.

Jesus Wept · 29-03-2008 05:35AM

There was me making plans for June. Egg on my face.

29-03-2008 05:38AM

Look on the bright side of the black hole? Someplace to send our garbage?

Jackovarian · 29-03-2008 05:39AM

lol!

doubt anything bad will come of it though.

its just interesting is all

lot of scaremongering going on aswell. as always.

pretty cool if they do get it going tho. they are also planning on studying other dimensions.

could be a giant stargate?

Rb · 29-03-2008 05:40AM

As long as the US doesn't get it's hands on it, everything should be fine.

Beelzebub · 29-03-2008 06:09AM

It's a Fcuking Conspiracy I tell you.

http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/080227-techwed-lcross-moon-smasher.html

chopperbyrne · 29-03-2008 09:37AM

If they end the world the day before my birthday there'll be hell to pay!

Ghost Train · 29-03-2008 09:48AM

better quit my job and start to do some living

kelle · 29-03-2008 10:08AM

And I was dreading turning 38 in June! Looks like I needn't worry...

brow_601 · 29-03-2008 01:12PM

ah jees i'm goin too the rory gallagher festival the next day

Rhyme · 29-03-2008 01:18PM

Dark matter awesome <insert Final Fantasy fanboy joke here>

Adam · 29-03-2008 01:47PM

Rhyme wrote: »

Dark matter awesome <insert Final Fantasy fanboy joke here>

Leave me out of this

Dudess · 29-03-2008 01:51PM

kelle wrote: »

And I was dreading turning 38 in June! Looks like I needn't worry...

Shit, my birthday's May 18th so I'm gonna have to face turning 30 after all...

38? What's the big deal there? No different to 37... And you'll definitely miss your 40th so don't know what you're complaining about...

toiletduck · 29-03-2008 02:13PM

No, to quote wiki

One simple argument against such fears is that collisions at these energies (and higher) have been happening in nature for millennia without hazardous effects, as Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays impact Earth's atmosphere and other bodies in the universe.

29-03-2008 02:17PM

I don't have a link but I read during the week that a bunch of other scientists are going to court to prevent it being fired up.

bleg · 29-03-2008 03:08PM

would those be "intelligent design scientists"

Wertz · 29-03-2008 04:08PM

There'd be a certain irony in the Swiss destroying the planet.
Also, I've always wanted to experience spaghetification, so flick the switch already...

leninbenjamin · 29-03-2008 04:14PM

meh... remember a fair few of the scientists who worked on the a-bomb thought it would ignite the atmosphere. have to take risks to progress i guess...

and OP you do realise this isn't the first particle accelerator?

CuLT · 29-03-2008 04:15PM

They're waiting for you, Gordon, in the test chamber.

thelordofcheese · 29-03-2008 04:52PM

CuLT wrote: »

They're waiting for you, Gordon, in the test chamber.

I never thought I'd see a resonance cascade. Let alone create one......

monkeyfudge · 29-03-2008 05:07PM

Should probably be more worried about ITER really...

Super Science is cool.

I was reading an article recently that said that because of the LHC this could be year zero for time travel... that it is it will be the earliest point in time that you could travel back to.. but it involves wormholes being created and us having the ability to control them in the distant future.

Einstein · 29-03-2008 05:50PM

pffftt...wikipedia...not true

ScumLord · 29-03-2008 06:35PM

They're covering up the true potential for disaster this machine could cause. There's a very real possibility it could create an giant evil mr staypuft the marshmallow man.

lafors · 29-03-2008 06:39PM

monkeyfudge wrote: »

Should probably be more worried about ITER really...

Super Science is cool.

I was reading an article recently that said that because of the LHC this could be year zero for time travel... that it is it will be the earliest point in time that you could travel back to.. but it involves wormholes being created and us having the ability to control them in the distant future.

My sister in law & her husband work in/for JET (on ITER).
I've never seen someone get more excited about science than him

btw he said ITER is perfectly safe. He knows more about that stuff than me so I believe him

Now back to LHC.....I thought there was a problem with it recently with something blew?

This is the most technical thing I've ever seen on after hours, it'll confuse the drunks tonight.

orestes · 29-03-2008 06:45PM

lafors wrote: »

This is the most technical thing I've ever seen on after hours, it'll confuse the drunks tonight.

I'm sober and it's confusing me now!

Could they not at least wait a couple of days until the Kilkenny comedy festival ends and then destroy the world?

Fremen · 29-03-2008 06:46PM

They kick up a fuss whenever scientists switch on a big new particle accelerator. This is the usual crap they churn out.

Interestingly, when the americans were testing the first atomic bomb, they thought there was a small chance that it would ignite the atmosphere, and kill everything. They tested it anyway. :rolleyes:

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knird evol · 29-03-2008 07:50PM

Yeah but what you have to remember is that when the americans were testing the a-bomb there was a load of scientists who thought that it would ignite the atmosphere killing everyone.

Jackovarian · 29-03-2008 08:04PM

em, yeah i do realise there are many other particle accelerators out there. but not this powerful.

see, their arguement is that these collisions happen everyday in the atmosphere... bollocks!

THOSE INCIDENTS HAPPEN AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT! THEY ARE TESTING AT TEN TIME STHAT SPEED! also, if it was already happening why dont they send up a balloon or something to study it? im sure it would have costed less!

they are lying and taking a risk. sure its progress, but at what cost???

*before anybody comes back and says "ten times speed of light! dont be ridiculous", they should look it up. they are hyper accelerating particles using vacuum, the most extreme cold possible, and super magnets, one of which has ust broken!!!!! ohhh i feel so safe.*

biko · 29-03-2008 08:07PM

Stephen Petranek reveals the question that occupies scientists at the end of the day (and the beginning of happy hour): How might the world end? He lays out the challenges that face us in the drive to preserve the human race. Will we be wiped out by an asteroid? Eco-collapse? How about a particle accelerator gone wild?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9d65u3LfKs

astrofool · 29-03-2008 09:13PM

Jackovarian wrote: »

em, yeah i do realise there are many other particle accelerators out there. but not this powerful.

see, their arguement is that these collisions happen everyday in the atmosphere... bollocks!

THOSE INCIDENTS HAPPEN AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT! THEY ARE TESTING AT TEN TIME STHAT SPEED! also, if it was already happening why dont they send up a balloon or something to study it? im sure it would have costed less!

they are lying and taking a risk. sure its progress, but at what cost???

*before anybody comes back and says "ten times speed of light! dont be ridiculous", they should look it up. they are hyper accelerating particles using vacuum, the most extreme cold possible, and super magnets, one of which has ust broken!!!!! ohhh i feel so safe.*

Thats probably the most idiotic post I've ever had the displeasure to read in my 8 years on boards.ie

Take a bow.

LHC = End of world???may 28th 2008

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