So let's talk about the Large Hadron Collider. What do you think will happen when they activate it? Since I posted this a day before it's due to happen- are we too late to even talk about it? If you think it's a bad idea do you feel that we'll implode right away or will it take some time? If it isn't a big deal, why are we taking the scientists to court to stop it? Are you excited about the outcomes (assuming we don't all bite it)? Will we expose mole people hiding below?

(disclaimer: If you write like a 4th grader, have the intelligence of a gnat, and can't add anything constuctive- go away and post on the 'I hate homework' thread)

Before you start freaking out random preteenagers in the community, read this before any of you start panicking that we're going to implode in the universe's first and last manmade black hole:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_of_the_Large_Hadron_Collider

We're not going to die u_u;;

Kyu-chan beat me to it =3.

I highly doubt they'd be going through with something if the possibly was even a .1%. I mean, even if it's for the sake of science, why risk wiping out the human race. To be honest, I'm actually rather interested in seeing the results. I'm not big on science and just recently heard about it, but I must say I am very curious. Gah, I wouldn't want to put myself in debt with credit cards either. Now that would be tragic for me.

EDIT : Sarcasm cannot be detected through text. Unless you know the person fairly well, it's next to impossible to pick up if someone is being sarcastic or not. After all, this is the internet.

kyuri

Before you start freaking out random preteenagers in the community, read this before any of you start panicking that we're going to implode in the universe's first and last manmade black hole: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_of_the_Large_Hadron_Collider We're not going to die u_u;;

Sarcasm

Don't forget to read the disclaimer, kids.

You must be rather bored to post a topic such as this, in my most humble opinion. After conducting a bit of research, and also following the wikipedia link posted by kyuri, it can be concluded that the safety risks involved with the Large Hadron Collider are for all intents and purposes, nonexistent.

One the one side we have the media. We know the media loves to write controversial and/or provactive stories, and that, if they lack such stories, they will exaggerate existing stories to attract more readers. On the other hand, we have multiple panel reviews by highly qualified physicists, all of which conclude that the risks entailed by activating the Large Hadron Collider are minimal. These physicists have no reasons to be lying. It makes no sense to think that they have something to cover up. Supposing that there was a serious safety problem which they knew about yet did not expose, these physicists would be just as much dead as you or I, if the hypothetical "strangelet" particles really did turn our world into a black hole! I can't imagine any "dark moles" benefiting in any way monetarily or otherwise from the imploding of our planet, can you?!

In light of this line of thought, it is safe to assume that we will all be very much alive tomorrow morning when we awake. If for some reason one of us does not arise, it will be because of a very different cause: murder, starvation, disease, or old age. There are many other problems that we humans create all by ourselves that are far more relevant and pressing issues than the activation of the Large Hadron Collider. I suggest if you truly are concerned about global issues, focus on one of these other problems instead, rather than inciting an unneeded and harmful panic.

You must be rather bored to post a topic such as this

Don't any of you understand sarcasm? Use your brains and figure things out for yourselves. Why are you slamming me? I didn't force you to decide that the world was ending. I was introducing a topic for discussion. In my opinion, the Large Hadron Collider is a very interesting topic. I think it is spectacular that all this energy and effort has gone into finally trying to place a finger on how the Earth has come to be what it is today.

My topic title is simply a sarcastic slam against the media for their freak out. Use your brains, read all of the discussion and stop jumping to conclusions.

Now, back to the actual discussion at hand. I have yet to see a reply.

Ehem. Some of us should take our own advice. : ]

As Crim kindly pointed out, Sarcasm is a bit more difficult to detect through text, although I think we all took notice that your topic name was meant to be of jest. : ) Relax ~ but you should keep in mind that if all three of us were unable to detect Sarcasm as easily through your actual kick-off post, many others on the forum might also react the same way. o.o

The only reason I took the pleasure of posting a link and the comment that I did is simply because I am also trying, like csquared2, to avoid "unneeded and harmful panic".

No harm done. : )

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csquared2 pointed out most of the points that I would have made in a more substantiated first post : ) but I'm glad that someone else said it first and saved me the trouble x ]

Oh, and I actually feel the same way you do ~ : o I think that the LHC is going to be an astounding contribution to our human knowledge of physics.

This is mentioned in the Wikipedia article on the Large Hadron Collider, but all relative forces known in the universe can attract and repel one another; the only exception to this is gravity, which has caused much conundrum in the physic world. Through the LHC, colliding the smallest of particles with one another, scientists hope to find even smaller particles in our universe - and hopefully, find the secret to why gravity can only attract and not repel.

LenasLover

Now, back to the actual discussion at hand. I have yet to see a reply.

I see three perfectly good comments in turn to your post. =O I'm actually waiting to hear a response to csquared2's & Kyuri's posts. So far, I haven't seen much discussion minus what's been supporting what kyuri said.

Or maybe they're all..optical illusions!

They were talking about this yesterday on Attack Of The Show and they addressed the "ZOMG WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE WHEN THEY TURN IT ON" crowd out there. They said that everything these people are saying is completely unfounded drivel and that there really is very little chance of any danger whatsoever. After putting 10billion into the project I doubt they would do something that would endanger the investment much less the planet. However as it is with science there is always a unknown and there is a small chance something we cant even remotely predict will happen.

Well I don't know too many specifics on it, I remember reading a bit about it but I don't remember that much of it, I believe this was built to help study dark matter.
Which could have some very interesting possibilities, mind you I have no real background of study in advanced physics or quantum, I "dabble", but I don't think this will cause any massive destruction or be the cause of the end of man. I'm more concerned about the studies of anti-matter, than I am with this.

I'm highly entertained by the prospect of this project and the incredibly slim percentage of a micro black hole being created to slowly devour the planet. Sci-fi, soon you won't be so "fi". Althought, I think I'm more amused the seriousness of the reactions people seem to be having regarding this.

Atlantis, here we come! ( That is sarcasm, by the way.)

I can c the sarcasm however w/ some people now a days you have to b careful on what one says in the headings some people though i am not one of them will actually believe that the world would come to an end if they turn it on. however, i also think that it is an interesting concept and will watch this carefully.

Yeah, we are all still alive :D

Guess that about sums things up... and if your original post was sarcasm, LenasLover, I am sorry to say it wasn't all that detectable. Sometimes tone of thought does not perfectly translate into print... and in truth, I was probably a bit bored too, when I first started my response, though the more I typed the more interested I became in making a good response. Sometimes things go that way.

Toodles.

I for one welcome our spiral proton overlords.

Bound to happen sooner or later, both this experiment, because humanity's curiosity killed the cat, and both the end of the world, because it would be rather arrogant to believe we shall live forever.

I have seen enough 'scientists' on national television that claim Hell's trident shall spill forth from the atoms when colliding and even more thought they would die yesterday [10th of September, if I am not mistaken...]. Smarter people think their ends beckon from the 21st of October. The umlaut-named German scientist that completely opposes this experiment said that it will be about 21st of December 2012 when we die, being in concordance with the Mayan prevision for the end of the world and also offering Nostradamus his share of working foresight. All points show to death, so all praise Nostradamus and the Mayans, if you get to be alive after. Pack your bags, then, and off to the North Pole..or Mars, depending on where the Earth shall be gorged from...

This will offer mankind a boot in the behind straight into future scientific development, very welcomed, I believe, by most people and Star Trek fans (I'm with "Idiocracy"). And if indeed we are to die in the following period, I see no motive to not enjoy life, even more knowing that you have less of it to live.

Hoist the Jolly and spill the grog, we be sailin' in them troubled waters...