Thread: Good news, the LHC is back!

Good news? It's going to create a blackhole!

Originally Posted by Scatterbrain

Good news? It's going to create a blackhole!

So it's a win-win situation

But there really isn't much chance of black hole formation. Probably a better chance of creating a portal to another dimension. Nothing ventured, nothing gained! Even if the worst happens, everyone alive right now will be dead in a hundred years anyways.

Besides, some very strange phenomena was reported in the surrounding countryside during the week when it was last powered-up, which makes me suspect the scientists promising alternate dimensions might be right.

Originally Posted by starry eyes

But there really isn't much chance of black hole formation. Probably a better chance of creating a portal to another dimension. Nothing ventured, nothing gained! Even if the worst happens, everyone alive right now will be dead in a hundred years anyways.

Besides, some very strange phenomena was reported in the surrounding countryside during the week when it was last powered-up, which makes me suspect the scientists promising alternate dimensions might be right.

Ohhh gawwwd... as I understand it, it actually is supposed to create black holes... but on such micor-scopic protonic scales that you could not even see it with your eyes. It's just colliding protons. That is all folks.

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if it does creat black holes, wouldnt it "suck in"(dont know a better phrase to describe it) the collider, even though they are really small, because surely it would still have immense strength.

Originally Posted by slash112

if it does creat black holes, wouldnt it "suck in"(dont know a better phrase to describe it) the collider, even though they are really small, because surely it would still have immense strength.

No.. they are far too small and insignificant.

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Originally Posted by O'nus

No.. they are far too small and insignificant.

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ok, but i heard there is a slight chance of the black hole growing too big, then it would "suck in" the collider, then the world.

Originally Posted by slash112

ok, but i heard there is a slight chance of the black hole growing too big, then it would "suck in" the collider, then the world.

Yeah but this just as likely as the sun exploding tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by O'nus

Yeah but this just as likely as the sun exploding tomorrow.

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oh, ok

Originally Posted by O'nus

Yeah but this just as likely as the sun exploding tomorrow.

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But that guy with a minor in physics says it's dangerous so it probably is. =\

Black holes don't grow, they shrink...

Metaphorically. Hawking proved that they at least evaporate over time. A hole as small as the one the LHC might create would have a very small event horizon and probably disappear quickly.

If it did make a mini black hole, wouldn't it suck everything in in half of seconds? I mean the pressure difference would throw things so far.

For those wondering what went wrong with the LHC in the first place, there was a brief TED talk by Brian Cox on it: