It's D-Day for the Large Hadron Collider Experiment – with the world watching as the first test of the controversial experimental device gets underway today.
Scientists are hoping that by crashing two particles into each other at near light speed around the 27 km ring at CERN in Switzerland they will be able to study the likes of the so-called God Particle or Higgs Boson.
Some suggested that the process could create minute black holes here on Earth with cataclysmic results. They were described as 'twats' by former D:Ream member Professor Brian Cox.
End of the world parties
The first attempt to smash particles together has not yet occured. Thus far, the scientists have warmed up the machine by passing a proton beam through the collider's 27km long tunnel. The actual experiments aren't expected to start for another six weeks.
Although the supposed danger of the world ending has been rubbished by every sane person on the planet, it hasn't stopped some cautious people organising 'end of the world' parties.
According to the Australia's News.com website, Lachlan Hibbert-Wells is one person who is hosting a 'doomsday' party, something he has publicised on Facebook.
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zoydwheeler
September 10th 2008
2. thanks for that input, in other news 'world actually flat as a pancake after all'...
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jtankers
September 10th 2008
1. The safety opposition alleges CERN is misrepresenting the certainty of safety and did not properly address compelling safety rebuttal papers by credible senior scientists including visiting professor of Physics Dr. Otto Rössler and Physics PHD Dr. Rainer Plaga.
Dr. Steven Hawking estimates a 1% chance that micro black holes will be created by the Large Hadron Collider, CERN estimated possible micro black hole creation at one per second, micro black hole evaporation and cosmic ray safety arguments are disputed.
Dr. Rössler (of Chaos theory and Endophysics fame) calculates possible danger, senior Physics PHD Dr. Rainer Plaga (wrote one of the reports refuting CERN's safety conclusions) calculates possible danger, former Nuclear Safety Officer Walter L. Wagner (cosmic ray researcher and California Math champion) calculates possible danger.
To demand a safety conference before high energy collisions begin contact LHCDefense.org
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