Re: Large Hadron Collider in cosmic catastrophe lawsuit!


"Tim Tyler" <seemysig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| I, Tim Tyler wrote:
|
| > The builders of the world's biggest particle collider are being sued in
| > federal court over fears that the experiment might create globe-gobbling
| > black holes or never-before-seen strains of matter that would destroy
| > the planet.
|
| From the same page:
|
| The Large Hadron Collider, or LHC, is due for startup later this year at
| CERN's headquarters on the French-Swiss border. It's expected to tackle
| some of the deepest questions in science: Is the foundation of modern
| physics right or wrong? What existed during the very first moment of the
| universe's existence? Why do some particles have mass while others
| don't? What is the nature of dark matter? Are there extra dimensions of
| space out there that we haven't yet detected?
|
| Some folks outside the scientific mainstream have asked darker questions
| as well: Could the collider create mini-black holes that last long
| enough and get big enough to turn into a matter-sucking maelstrom? Could
| exotic particles known as magnetic monopoles throw atomic nuclei out of
| whack? Could quarks recombine into "strangelets" that would turn the
| whole Earth into one big lump of exotic matter?


| Is the foundation of modern
| physics right or wrong?

Yes.

| What existed during the very first moment of the
| universe's existence?

What first moment?


| Why do some particles have mass while others
| don't?

Why do some people have a brain while others don't?

| What is the nature of dark matter?

What dark matter?

| Are there extra dimensions of
| space out there that we haven't yet detected?

No.
Could there be bright green flying elephants laying eggs in black holes?
Could there be over-imaginative cranks creating problems that don't exist?




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