Yes, and I've been rather anxious to see if it gives us any promising results regarding the Higgs boson.
Poll: Large Hadron Collider
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Haven't watched Star Trek, and as Cracked said, replicators would ruin society.Wilbot666 said:
While it is good to get an idea of the Higgs-Boson stuff and other physics concepts, I'm not sure if any of it would be viable considering the size of the LHC and the energy it no doubt has. I mean, we probably could shrink it a little bit, but it will probably stay a huge size.
I just hate it when people start whining about it creating black holes and destroying the universe.
The scientists said it had like a 0.0000000000001 percent chance of creating a black hole, and even in that scenario the black hole would be so small it'd collapse on itself in a millisecond.
The publics response: "OMG THERE'S 100% CHANCE IT'LL CREATE A BLACK HOLE AND DESTROY US ALL, WHY ARE SCIENTISTS TRYING TO KILL US?!"
That aside i'm excited to see what they find out from the collider, and with some luck we'll get a flying car or something from it in the long run
The scientists said it had like a 0.0000000000001 percent chance of creating a black hole, and even in that scenario the black hole would be so small it'd collapse on itself in a millisecond.
The publics response: "OMG THERE'S 100% CHANCE IT'LL CREATE A BLACK HOLE AND DESTROY US ALL, WHY ARE SCIENTISTS TRYING TO KILL US?!"
That aside i'm excited to see what they find out from the collider, and with some luck we'll get a flying car or something from it in the long run
Wow those are some interesting facts.grimsprice said:
OT: I thought everyone knew about the Hadron Collider cause everyone was making jokes about the end of the world and being sucked into sqitzerland and such
The Higgs Boson particle isn't really the intended goal. Rather, it is affirming or disproving a great number of theories, Higgs Boson amongst them.Marq said:
If all turns out well, we'll have some theories that have existed for more than 50 years either affirmed or disproved, and we can finally establish some new working ground to take science further.
I know quite a bit about it. I rather like to follow Physics, even if I did fail it at AS-Level, it's still amazingly interesting.
Or an Infinity Improbability Drive.Dexiro said:I just hate it when people start whining about it creating black holes and destroying the universe.
The scientists said it had like a 0.0000000000001 percent chance of creating a black hole, and even in that scenario the black hole would be so small it'd collapse on itself in a millisecond.
The publics response: "OMG THERE'S 100% CHANCE IT'LL CREATE A BLACK HOLE AND DESTROY US ALL, WHY ARE SCIENTISTS TRYING TO KILL US?!"
That aside i'm excited to see what they find out from the collider, and with some luck we'll get a flying car or something from it in the long run
Umm.. I wouldn't call ignorat, but this thing does a have a slight chance of affecting you... it could create a strangelet, and that would turn earth into a black hole. So, you might wanna check it out.SnootyEnglishman said:
P.S. the chances one said strangelet actually being created, very, very, astronomically, slim.
I know what it is and I also know that its broken again. Coming from the UK I do wish that the research money had been put into physics that had a higher chance of producing good science at lower prices. But then I'm bitter doing Very High Energy Gamma Ray astronomy and all which the UK government has, in its infinite wisdom, decided not to fund the next generation of telescopes for, despite it releasing more papers per £ than many other, much better funded, subjects! Grrrr...
