May 2008 (LHC) Particle Accelerator - Miracle or Catastrophe?

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Originally Posted by Xei

I'm pretty sure you got it the wrong way round. :P

Remember the twin hypothesis; the twin that moves faster ages slower. So he percieves the world around him moving faster.

Imagine your example running for much longer, so that the twin in the accelerator thinks that 40 years has passed, but the twin outside only ages by 20 years. Well... that's the reverse of what the twin hypothesis says.

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You're right. Duh.

But yeah, essentially, just throw what I said into Paint and shit CTRL+I, then it should be correct.

:sorry:

Anyone who knows the basic physics of a black hole knows that these black holes (if they are as small as they claim) will not destroy the earth if they do not evaporate. We could have millions and billions of these black holes (again, assuming they are as small as they claim) oscillating through the earth, passing through our bodies, and we would not notice a thing.

Let's turn this thing on already! :D

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Originally Posted by blade5x

Anyone who knows the basic physics of a black hole knows that these black holes (if they are as small as they claim) will not destroy the earth if they do not evaporate. We could have millions and billions of these black holes (again, assuming they are as small as they claim) oscillating through the earth, passing through our bodies, and we would not notice a thing.

Let's turn this thing on already! :D

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The difference being that those black holes are traveling at a significant fraction of the speed of light, where-as created black holes would be stationary.

Well if we all die then no one will be around to complain.

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Originally Posted by Seismosaur

Well if we all die then no one will be around to complain.

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And we'll go down in style, not through some lame asteroid wipe out.

Yea.

Would we take the rest of the Solar system with us?

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Originally Posted by C911

So they are doing this thing in 3 months.. or 5 years?

Also, isnt there people who think black holes send you to a different time zone anyway? Im not saying this, but it would be a good reason to build one if you want to go to a different time..

But also im one of the people who think that black holes will pull you into a pencil thin human and you will die.. but it would be a fun way to die no doubt.

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Suck yourself into a black hole. Please.

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Originally Posted by Seismosaur

Yea.

Would we take the rest of the Solar system with us?

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Hopefully we'll do. But taking out the entire galaxy, now that would be epic.

14 hours til it activates.


It's been nice knowing you guys.

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Still a few months before particle smashing I think.

Yeah, they're just speeding around now.

Woo okies. No probs about the relativity thing by the way... you sound like you understand much more about it than me anyway, I understand pretty much nothing except the bit about twins ageing slower. :P

So the world ends today? :D

Couple o' months, nobody was really speculating anything bad'd happen just by accelerating particles.

Even if that is what's happening, I thought they were still just getting ready.

Next week they'll be like "We totally smashes particles that day, we just didn't tell you!"

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Originally Posted by 27

I doubt there's a one in three chance of it destroying the world. But if it does, who's gonna be around to complain?

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Originally Posted by Seismosaur

Well if we all die then no one will be around to complain.

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Great minds think alike?

Fair enough.

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Originally Posted by Omicron

14 hours til it activates.


It's been nice knowing you guys.

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Ha ha...well I think we all know that the world as we know it won't end until December 21, 2012.

:D

That being said, if these scientists should somehow destroy everything we should all keep in mind that it would probably only take about another 13 billion years before humanity is resurrected in the galactic soup of energy.

It's just a shame that when the entire human race gets crushed I won't be able to yell "Ha! where's your messiah now?".

It's a shame I won't be able to see your face when you meet him ;).

Meet who?

If we all die 27, then we shall all stop existing :roll:

You don't really want to start this here do you?

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Originally Posted by 27

It's a shame I won't be able to see your face when you meet him ;).

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Trust me, you don't want to. My face will be all ZOMG when I discover he shaved his beard.