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Billions of Euros have been ploughed into the construction of the largest experiment known in the history of mankind. The Large Hadron Collider (officially due to be “switched on” September 10th 2008) will eventually accelerate hadrons to energies near the 1 TeV mark by the end of this decade. This is all highly impressive; already the applications of the LHC appear to be endless, probing smaller and smaller scales with bigger and bigger energies. But how did the LHC secure all that funding? After all, the most expensive piece of lab equipment must be built with a purpose? Although the aims are varied and far-reaching, the LHC has one key task to achieve: Discover the Higgs Boson, the world’s most sought-after particle. If discovered, key theories in particle physics and quantum dynamics will be proven. If it isn’t found by the LHC, perhaps our theories are wrong, and our view of the Universe needs to be revolutionized… or the LHC needs to be more powerful.

"I’ve heard some crazy talk in my time, but the fear surrounding the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN has really surprised me… some of the products from high energy particle collisions are as yet unknown, there is an infinitesimal chance that a black hole will swallow Earth… (I actually want a black hole to be created, the scientific implications will be revolutionary.)"

Black hole swallowing the earth is a possibility when they do higher energy collisions? What the hell? Go to mars and do this please?

My mom and I talked about this, and she is someone who deals with this kind of stuff/it is her hobby. The chances of a black hole engulfing the Earth is like wanning the National Lottery each day for 3 weeks; very unlikely. And even if it was done at Mars, the black hole would still be close enough to the Earth to engulf it if it ever happened. IMO it is stupid, who gives a shit about the "Higgs Boson"?

lol i hope a black hole doesn't engulf the earth

Not My Birhday!!!!!!!!

From: Hy71194
My mom and I talked about this, and she is someone who deals with this kind of stuff/it is her hobby. The chances of a black hole engulfing the Earth is like wanning the National Lottery each day for 3 weeks; very unlikely. And even if it was done at Mars, the black hole would still be close enough to the Earth to engulf it if it ever happened. IMO it is stupid, who gives a shit about the "Higgs Boson"?

Anyways what happens when we do discover it? Shits and giggles? I see no real use for the information that Higgs boson exists.

Proving our theories to be right would encourage much more research. If you know what you're doing is backed up by proven theory, you can't really do it wrong, can you?

My sis her birthday is on the 9th, so she'll at least die as a 12-year-old :D

I cant belive how stupid ppl can be.. They would not make a big bang or black hole without knowing what they do!

… But no one really know what a black hole is… O_o

How did they jump from particles colliding to a big black hole swallowing up the earth? Surely particles coliding would create an outwards reaction; not something that swallows something inwards like a black hole?

From: OpenHearts
How did they jump from particles colliding to a big black hole swallowing up the earth? Surely particles coliding would create an outwards reaction; not something that swallows something inwards like a black hole?

Exactly! And it wont be that powerful to become a white hole neither. I think.

So what you are saying is that I may not need to go to school? Cool :).

Or like.. a week of school.

Wait.. Would I die instantly when it started if it created a black hole? Or would I take a while to die before it gained strength?

First you would be ripped in half, and then those pieces would be ripped in half, etc etc until you were just atoms. On the bright side, if you wanted to be taller, all you would have to do is position yourself so that your feet are facing the black hole, and for a fraction of a second, you would be taller.

From: Boreas
First you would be ripped in half, and then those pieces would be ripped in half, etc etc until you were just atoms. On the bright side, if you wanted to be taller, all you would have to do is position yourself so that your feet are facing the black hole, and for a fraction of a second, you would be taller.

Which would hurt the shit, and possibly bleed to death later…

Get a life.

From: Hermpie
Get a life.

I suggest you do too, atleast you may live for a while before you die.

Ancient Mayans Calendar ends on Dec 21 2012. And all planets will be aligned. So I am guessing if anything happens Ever that date will be the date to watch.

From: JuKKa
Which would hurt the shit, and possibly bleed to death later…

If you were at a black hole, AFAIK, you would be just turned to atoms in a fraction of a second, and then no more pain, because you aren't a human anymore.

the earth would actually be crushed to a size of a tennis ball with a with a gigantic density

same wheight in the size of a tennis ball

also when i person is close to a black hole the gravitational force increases massivly every mm close you get
so your fet will be faster than your head and you will be strecthed this is called(and this is the true scientific name) spagettification

this is not the first time they have used the HCL it was said to have been conducted novemeber last year too ….hahah humans fail they can never create a black hole :p

woah :S is it true or like harry said.

So we could play racketball with the earht? Trippt.