oh c'mon .. as much as i love your blog, stace .. being a scientist, i have to dispute this. i dunno how many people have noticed, but those doomsdayers in general have little or no scientific basis for their arguments. especially that link in your post stace .. all it gives is a rather graphic description of destruction, more appropriate to a science-fiction thriller. no scientific facts or ideas for it, even as to how black holes work. =/ i mean seriously, how many people really truly know what a black hole is, or how they are formed, or even their properties? (ask any random person on the street, and unless he/she has has some scientific background, his/her answer is likely to be along the lines of: 'A black hole is a kind of hole in space that sucks up stuff.' That's as much as a 5-year-old would guess.)
and besides, the LHC is not an 'atom-smasher' as such. it is designed to manipulate charged subatomic particles, not atoms in any real sense of the word.
while i am as concerned as the next person about the safety of our planet, we have little to fear from the LHC. far more pressing concerns include our dwindling energy resources, global warming, pollution, etc., etc.; these would cause a far more prolonged (not to mention potentially painful) extinction of earthly life.
lol on wednesday they merely began testing the LHC. =) no potential 'black-hole-forming' collisions for at least a few months, they've got to calibrate it and test the magnets and detectors and whatnot. so we all live a little longer *yay* (-:
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I am a perverted, dyslexic whore.
I read Hadron as "hard on"
And I need to start praying.
HAHAHAHA !
Missed you online today :O
oh c'mon ..
as much as i love your blog, stace .. being a scientist, i have to dispute this.
i dunno how many people have noticed, but those doomsdayers in general have little or no scientific basis for their arguments. especially that link in your post stace .. all it gives is a rather graphic description of destruction, more appropriate to a science-fiction thriller. no scientific facts or ideas for it, even as to how black holes work. =/ i mean seriously, how many people really truly know what a black hole is, or how they are formed, or even their properties? (ask any random person on the street, and unless he/she has has some scientific background, his/her answer is likely to be along the lines of: 'A black hole is a kind of hole in space that sucks up stuff.' That's as much as a 5-year-old would guess.)
and besides, the LHC is not an 'atom-smasher' as such. it is designed to manipulate charged subatomic particles, not atoms in any real sense of the word.
while i am as concerned as the next person about the safety of our planet, we have little to fear from the LHC. far more pressing concerns include our dwindling energy resources, global warming, pollution, etc., etc.; these would cause a far more prolonged (not to mention potentially painful) extinction of earthly life.
read this, instead of that link you posted. that should put your fears to rest.
http://www.livescience.com/environment/060919_black_holes.html
heyy did anyone realize today is wednesday ... *hopes she didn't jinx the fact that everythings fine *
lol on wednesday they merely began testing the LHC. =)
no potential 'black-hole-forming' collisions for at least a few months, they've got to calibrate it and test the magnets and detectors and whatnot. so we all live a little longer *yay* (-:
Omfg!
Thank gosh for brains, eh?
thank gosh indeed. =)
lol maybe this is the era we finally discover why we exist, wouldnt that be awesome? (-:
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