They're Doing WHAT???
OK...I don't know anything about science, but I heard this morning that there's some sort of particle collider being turned on in Europe today that could "potentially" create a black hole and destroy the Earth and that some countries are against it. Seriously...here's the article if you're like me and you live in a black hole where news is concerned.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/09/10/lhc.collider/index.html
Now, don't get me wrong...I'm all for advancement...and Bidiak is telling me I'm wrong to care, and that he wants to stand in the waves and get mutant powers like the X-Men....but who the hell gives permission for something like this? Here are a bunch of people cheering for it:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/09/10/lhc.collider/index.html
Now, don't get me wrong...I'm all for advancement...and Bidiak is telling me I'm wrong to care, and that he wants to stand in the waves and get mutant powers like the X-Men....but who the hell gives permission for something like this? Here are a bunch of people cheering for it:
They won't be cheering when a black hole is created and swallows them. Isn't this like playing Russian Roulette with the Earth? Or maybe I'm just having a little fun being dramatic, because as I said in the beinning, I don't care about science, but this did give me something to post this morning. Thanks killers of the Earth for letting me provide some entertainment on a Tuesday morning.
posted by Jeff - WeinerToons at 8:19 AM
4 Comments:
It also cost 8 billion dollars!
and has a cool name...
Large Hadron Collider
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider
The main point of the experiment is to find a hypothetical particle (the Higgs boson) predicted by some theories - or not find it, which would mean that there's even more we don't understand.
The energy of the experiment is adjusted for this particular search. A whole bunch of previous experiments did exactly the same thing, but with somewhat less energy. There is no reason that a bit more energy will do something entirely off the wall - like creating a black hole, or even stranger stuff.
So you can sleep soundly tonight. There's a much bigger risk of glass spheres dropping on your head than that this experiment is the start of a doomsday scenario.
I think I got hit by some of that particle crap. I can smell it.
Ouch!
OK, so my comment is a bit pompous. Well, maybe more than a bit.
BTW, are you sure it isn't Lily you're smelling?
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