Possible Apocalypse or Possible Scientific Breakthrough

[byak]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-hadron30-2010mar30,0,4515229.story

 

Possible miniature black hole sounds exciting.

[Raelen]

If these scientists are able to create a black hole, it will be about the size of the head of a pin, and will last for under a nanosecond. The Raelen has spoken.

[CrabHelmet]

If this sort of thing could actually destroy the world, the world would already have been destroyed by nature doing this sort of thing randomly all the time. We just can't monitor it properly without the LHC.

 

The whole it-will-destroy-the-world thing came from a scientist saying that it destroying the world was "improbable", which unknown to the media is scientist-talk for "functionally impossible, but still possible in the sense that it is possible that all the atoms in my body could spontaneously jump two feet to the left".

[Ecoboy1324]

If this sort of thing could actually destroy the world' date=' the world would already have been destroyed by nature doing this sort of thing randomly all the time. We just can't monitor it properly without the LHC.

 

The whole it-will-destroy-the-world thing came from a scientist saying that it destroying the world was "improbable", which unknown to the media is scientist-talk for "functionally impossible, but still possible in the sense that it is possible that all the atoms in my body could spontaneously jump two feet to the left".

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But that is possible though. it whould take the timespan of the universe to happen but it can by own understanding of quantum mechanics though right

[JG.]

I vote the latter.

[Cin]

Wait a minute didn't they mention about the potential to create a black hole there last year...

(And thanks to DragonFable everytime I see LHC...I think Large Hamster Collider..)

 

I think this is just one of those things people like to blow out of proportion just to get people interested more in it.

[DARKPLANT RISING]

Everyone here is so genius, I can't go on with you guys. I'm 12.

[CrabHelmet]

But that is possible though. it whould take the timespan of the universe to happen but it can by own understanding of quantum mechanics though right

 

Yes' date=' it is "possible". That's the point. But it's a very different sort of "possible" from "it's [i']possible[/i] that you will get hit by a car when you cross the street" or "it's possible that you will win the lottery".

[byak]

Well anyways, a black hole wasn't created.

LHC is a troll. :L

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