Large Hadron Collider - triggering end of the world?
Respect due to the Register for a very entertaining article discussing that “Boffins preparing to fire up the most powerful particle-smasher ever built have released another reassuring report which says that their machine will definitely not destroy the universe - nor even the planet Earth.”
I didn’t understand a word of it, and not only do I not know if I’m scared or not, I don’t know if I’m meant to be scared that I don’t know if I’m scared or not - is it one of these things that those of us that don’t know are supposed to trust those that are supposed to know?
Anyway, I’m sure that while some people may be scared (or pretending to be), others aren’t (or are pretending not to be), and I’ll imagine it’s all a Red Dwarf episode and carry on laughing at the Reg’s analogy of a subatomic billiard table.
Finally, it all reminds me of another favourite from xkcd - The end is not for a while
You should keep an eye on this site, if you’re worried.
Comment by mat — September 9, 2008 @ 11:59 pm
… and we’re still here. So Prof. Hawkings was right (phew).
Comment by jaydublu — September 10, 2008 @ 8:57 am
http://xkcd.com/474/
Comment by jaydublu — September 10, 2008 @ 9:20 am