Scientists: Nothing to fear from atom-smasher
Scientists: Nothing to fear from atom-smasher
By DOUGLAS BIRCH, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 50 minutes ago
MEYRIN, Switzerland - The most powerful atom-smasher ever built could make some bizarre discoveries, such as invisible matter or extra dimensions in space, after it is switched on in August.
But some critics fear the Large Hadron Collider could exceed physicists' wildest conjectures: Will it spawn a black hole that could swallow Earth? Or spit out particles that could turn the planet into a hot dead clump?
Ridiculous, say scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known by its French initials CERN — some of whom have been working for a generation on the $5.8 billion collider, or LHC.
"Obviously, the world will not end when the LHC switches on," said project leader Lyn Evans.
David Francis, a physicist on the collider's huge ATLAS particle detector, smiled when asked whether he worried about black holes and hypothetical killer particles known as strangelets.
"If I thought that this was going to happen, I would be well away from here," he said.
The collider basically consists of a ring of supercooled magnets 17 miles in circumference attached to huge barrel-shaped detectors. The ring, which straddles the French and Swiss border, is buried 330 feet underground.
The machine, which has been called the largest scientific experiment in history, isn't expected to begin test runs until August, and ramping up to full power could take months. But once it is working, it is expected to produce some startling findings.
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The most Beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
It is the source of all true art and science.
~ Albert E.
THE LHC IS SATAN'S STARGATE
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THIS MENACE MUST BE STOPPED!
I only worry about the HUGE waste of money. Times like these call for that sorta thing to be put on the back burner. Its a $5.8 billion 17 mile long turd.
Hard as ever and here to make you people believe...as long as there is one person to hold hope and dream...A GOD...will never die!
If it doesn't work out the French and the Swiss will have a helluva bomb shelter.
“La patria es dicha, dolor y cielo de todos y no feudo ni capellanía de nadie.”
- José Martí
I remember watching a tv show about this machine, its only a slight chance that it wipes out the earth, but how much of a risk should we take with that. Theirs also the whole, we don't quite know what we are dealing with aspect. Quite frankly I would like to know what the gains are of these experiments to take such a risk and spend so much money.
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I'd rather they spent all that change on making a real holodeck. Could you imagine the porno holodeck market? They could make their money back in the first month.
Hard as ever and here to make you people believe...as long as there is one person to hold hope and dream...A GOD...will never die!
why would you use a holodeck for something you could do in real... oh im sorry man....Originally Posted by Mels_Smileys45
Yes, its true. Angelina Jolie does let me blast her in the face from time to time but she doesnt like anal. With a holodeck I could do that.
Hard as ever and here to make you people believe...as long as there is one person to hold hope and dream...A GOD...will never die!
The most Beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
It is the source of all true art and science.
~ Albert E.
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