Large Hadron Collider.

[Skybolt-DX]

So...

"As with previous particle accelerators, people both inside and outside the physics community have voiced concern that the LHC might trigger one of several theoretical disasters capable of destroying the Earth or even the entire Universe."

Yeah, we're going to die.

[Hebacheba]

I didn't understand any of that Wikipedia article, but I'm scared.

[Skybolt-DX]

At 11/6/07 11:20 PM, Hebacheba wrote: I didn't understand any of that Wikipedia article, but I'm scared.

Well basically, we're all going to be crushed together in a black hole that formed inside the earth's core.

[Hebacheba]

At 11/6/07 11:21 PM, Skybolt-DX wrote:

At 11/6/07 11:20 PM, Hebacheba wrote: I didn't understand any of that Wikipedia article, but I'm scared.

Well basically, we're all going to be crushed together in a black hole that formed inside the earth's core.

Well, as long as it gets rid of Manbearpig, I'm willing.

[PsychoticMind]

At 11/6/07 11:22 PM, Hebacheba wrote:

At 11/6/07 11:21 PM, Skybolt-DX wrote:

At 11/6/07 11:20 PM, Hebacheba wrote: I didn't understand any of that Wikipedia article, but I'm scared.

Well basically, we're all going to be crushed together in a black hole that formed inside the earth's core.

Well, as long as it gets rid of Manbearpig, I'm willing.

... Al Gore?

[Timmy]

I've heard about particle accelerators elsewhere, but I guess this will be the biggest and best one.

Don't they smash together particles and atoms in an attempt to analyze the inner workings of quarks and atoms?

[TheBlackDahliaMurder]

I don't understand the fascination of our origin. Look ahead, not back.

[Skybolt-DX]

At 11/6/07 11:24 PM, timmysjp wrote: I've heard about particle accelerators elsewhere, but I guess this will be the biggest and best one.

Don't they smash together particles and atoms in an attempt to analyze the inner workings of quarks and atoms?

They're trying to recreate the events of the big bang.

THE FUCKING BIG BANG.

[Vousielle]

If it ends, it ends, why should I care? There would be no way to prevent that sort of thing. War, I can try to prevent, A destructive singularity? nope, no prevention there, it is better to just not think about it.

[Vousielle]

At 11/6/07 11:24 PM, timmysjp wrote: I've heard about particle accelerators elsewhere, but I guess this will be the biggest and best one.

Don't they smash together particles and atoms in an attempt to analyze the inner workings of quarks and atoms?

It is also the only way to prove the existence of otherwise theoretical dinguses.

[the-amazing-joe]

That's a pretty scary thought, but I heard somewhere that the rays that Stephen Hawking discovered might destroy the black hole before it forms.

Still, don't turn it on...

[Electric-Bla]

At 11/6/07 11:25 PM, Skybolt-DX wrote: They're trying to recreate the events of the big bang.

THE FUCKING BIG BANG.

And then market it as a hip new soft drink!? Those bastards...

[TheBlackDahliaMurder]

I hope they never prove that the big bang happened. This coming from an atheist. We need people to have faith, otherwise, life would be a free for all. Belief in a deity keeps society in line.

[Vousielle]

At 11/6/07 11:28 PM, TheBlackDahliaMurder wrote: I hope they never prove that the big bang happened. This coming from an atheist. We need people to have faith, otherwise, life would be a free for all. Belief in a deity keeps society in line.

Bah-humbug, that is an assload of crap. People know what is right and wrong without faith. Belief in a deity doesn't keep society in line, Society keeps society in line.

[Skybolt-DX]

At 11/6/07 11:28 PM, the-amazing-joe wrote: That's a pretty scary thought, but I heard somewhere that the rays that Stephen Hawking discovered
might destroy the black hole before it forms.

Stephen Hawking and his mighty penis will save us from the scary black hole!

[TheBlackDahliaMurder]

At 11/6/07 11:30 PM, Vousielle wrote:

At 11/6/07 11:28 PM, TheBlackDahliaMurder wrote: I hope they never prove that the big bang happened. This coming from an atheist. We need people to have faith, otherwise, life would be a free for all. Belief in a deity keeps society in line.

Bah-humbug, that is an assload of crap. People know what is right and wrong without faith. Belief in a deity doesn't keep society in line, Society keeps society in line.

Don't be so sure. You cannot deny that people don't do certain things out of fear of eternal damnation.

[the-amazing-joe]

At 11/6/07 11:31 PM, Skybolt-DX wrote:

At 11/6/07 11:28 PM, the-amazing-joe wrote: That's a pretty scary thought, but I heard somewhere that the rays that Stephen Hawking discovered
might destroy the black hole before it forms.

Stephen Hawking and his mighty penis will save us from the scary black hole!

I sure hope so, cause he's gonna need a mighty big cock to plug up that thing.

[Corky-D]

I hope some terrorist group destroy it.

Please?

[TheAmateurAnimator]

At 11/6/07 11:33 PM, TheBlackDahliaMurder wrote:

At 11/6/07 11:30 PM, Vousielle wrote:

At 11/6/07 11:28 PM, TheBlackDahliaMurder wrote: I hope they never prove that the big bang happened. This coming from an atheist. We need people to have faith, otherwise, life would be a free for all. Belief in a deity keeps society in line.

Bah-humbug, that is an assload of crap. People know what is right and wrong without faith. Belief in a deity doesn't keep society in line, Society keeps society in line.

Don't be so sure. You cannot deny that people don't do certain things out of fear of eternal damnation.

What about humanists? Their goal is to improve do good things in order to improve the quality of life. There's no threat of eternal damnation if you do things wrong there.

[Sekhem]

Hardon collider?

[LightandDark]

At 11/7/07 07:39 PM, Corky-D wrote: I hope some terrorist group destroy it.

Please?

Don't worry, I'm calling Al Queada.

Note to any Secret Service agents reading this, I'm using sarcasm, I'm not really going to call Al Queada.

But mind telling them to NOT start any particle accelerators, in the case that those things can destroy the whole universe?

[Wooblers]

I DO NOT APPROVE of this doomsday device.

[Rabid-Echidna]

At 11/6/07 11:18 PM, Skybolt-DX wrote:

Yeah, we're going to die.

And nothing of value was lost.

Saying that it's going to make black holes is kind of misleading. Last I heard, any black hole made by the Large Hadron Collider would be so small that it would take about 1000 years to suck up one atom. The only way it's going to destroy the world is if it turns out that theoretical physics has been wrong and you really can make the Big Bang again by running some particles into eachother. Even if that were how it happened, it would have happened somewhere else in the universe by now anyway.

[Ecke]

It actually does a thing so small you can't even see it.

[CNRHKick]

Where the hell would we go? That thing could suck up Heaven AND Hell.

[LightandDark]

At 11/7/07 09:18 PM, CNRHKick wrote: Where the hell would we go? That thing could suck up Heaven AND Hell.

The only place let, Purgatory.

Unless that gets sucked up as well, in which we get stuck in Limbo forever.

[DentedDementia]

At 11/7/07 09:08 PM, Rabid-Echidna wrote: Last I heard, any black hole made by the Large Hadron Collider would be so small that it would take about 1000 years to suck up one atom. The only way it's going to destroy the world is if it turns out that theoretical physics has been wrong and you really can make the Big Bang again by running some particles into eachother.

Besides that, if we're going out, chances are we'll be hit with something from outer space. Either that, or it'll be something really retarded, like some guy falling asleep on the "Launch Nuclear Missle" button, and everyone starts declaring war on each other.

[Wooblers]

At 11/7/07 09:06 PM, KemCab wrote: This is how detached people are from reality. It's a big thing used to measure and quantify small things. Nothing more. When people think of science they think of such grand and magnificent things; but it's just physics.

It's not going to destroy the universe.

Your opinion is not valid.

[Bolo]

The black holes that the "Large" Hadron Collider are theorized to produce, would be so miniscule as to be a near impossibility to measure.

They wouldn't have the gravity to suck in a fingernail, let alone the whole universe.

This particle accelerator is not being made for the purpose of creating black holes, anyways. Scientists are trying to nail down proof of the final elements of the periodic table.

Since after a certain point, atoms become to physically large to hold themselves together, it is possible that we are on the verge of completing the periodic table, if we can provide proof that elements 113-118 really exist.

[FootFetish24]

cant wait....
there gonna turn it on may 2008. that my birthday :*( why cant they do it after.
im a lil superstitious.

But the lhc is incapable of creating lasting black holes according to stephen hawking. This is a scientific marvel, i like it perhaps on the brink of knowing everything?