I not only don't oppose existance being risked for crazy experiments - I demand it. This is the only way to live.
It was more interesting when that guy was proposing to build a time vortex. The idea was to send a beam of light in a circle, build up space time shear and setup a vortex that somehow would allow time to be looped back on itself.
Which I interpreted as meaning that if it worked, things would go all resonance cascade and we'd have a sudden deluge of time travelers dropping in on us.
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Why would mini black holes destroy the universe, when the big ones don't?
So what time will this take place, Eastern/Pacific?
When the Earth starts shaking and the sky is lit on fire and the seas turn to blood and all life screams out in despair... it was five minutes before that.
I not only don't oppose existance being risked for crazy experiments - I demand it. This is the only way to live.
My sentiments exactly.
Also, I read through all of the projected disasters that could occur as a result of this device being used and so far as I could tell not one of them endangered the universe, or even the solar system.
Why would mini black holes destroy the universe, when the big ones don't?
Big ones are all sitting out in the vaccuum of space with nothing to eat, while the black holes the LHC is producing will be about 500 feet beneath a swiss McDonalds.
Even though there are a few characteristics of the black holes being produced that make them safer than puppies, as electricitylikesme pointed out, I'm still a bit wary.
But basically, the life of a black hole is proportional to its size, and ones this small will evaporate nigh the moment theyre created. That and the diameter of the things event horizon is so small it couldn't suck up anything with a wavelength longer than strong gamma rays.
Big ones are all sitting out in the vaccuum of space with nothing to eat, while the black holes the LHC is producing will be about 500 feet beneath a swiss McDonalds.
So there is a small chance we could beat this with food poisoning.
So THAT is the do-dad thats going to end the world.
I'm kind of half expecting the Mileenium Falcon to fly out of it persude by a large ball of flame. Anyway on a side note the BBC did this docu-drama thing a short while back (It might still be up on Google Video I don't know) it was a science for the masses all special effects and basic science it presented 5 or so different ways the world will end :roll: and this big band contraption is one of them.
Apparently the end of the world will look like the last 15-20 minutes of Akira.
Edit: Found the video looks like it's been taken down. Also Big Band? Sorry about that I meant Big Bang.
I think I've been on the internet too long. My first reaction was to photoshop a lamprey's mouth onto it.
I not only don't oppose existance being risked for crazy experiments - I demand it. This is the only way to live.
My sentiments exactly.
Also, I read through all of the projected disasters that could occur as a result of this device being used and so far as I could tell not one of them endangered the universe, or even the solar system.
The one about creating a vacuum state possibly different than the rest of the universe.
Or creating strangelets that chain react fuck up earth then spread like spores to destroy new planetary bodies, but that's just hogwash.
and like someone's soda pop is sitting on the railing where it's not supposed to be and then all of the carbonation is pulled out of it via QUANTUM RIP AND TEAR
and his supervisor will just be all "man look i told you not to leave your shit there it's your own fault i don't care if they charge four bucks for those at the cafeteria i'm not okay fine i'll give you a dollar"
Why would mini black holes destroy the universe, when the big ones don't?
Small black hole, if it became self sustaining, would not destroy the universe - just this rock we happen to reside on. The chances for that are not quantifable tho.
Now creation of false vacuum - that is fun, basically - once it is created the whole universe will collapse into lower energetic state... instantly. We'd be annihilated, in the very sense of the word, in an quantum eye blink (which is very, very, very short)
and like someone's soda pop is sitting on the railing where it's not supposed to be and then all of the carbonation is pulled out of it via QUANTUM RIP AND TEAR
and his supervisor will just be all "man look i told you not to leave your shit there it's your own fault i don't care if they charge four bucks for those at the cafeteria i'm not okay fine i'll give you a dollar"
I have to say that I'm a little worried after hearing the explanation that this isn't a dangerous experiment. Intentionally creating several mini-blackholes a second sounds a little too similar to a kid investigating what happens when you hit a piece of flint against steel while standing next to Mom's drapes. I mean if a stray spark goes awry, it's nothing some water can't solve - but how the hell do you put out a black hole that has sunk to the center of the Earth? I don't think a brave crew armed with a few nukes in a hastily constructed drill-ship made of unobtainium is going to cut it this time.
This seems like the kind of shit we should test AFTER we get a few colonies set up on Mars...
I mean shit, they could have made an entire movie with just the black hole, but no - they went the extra mile and threw in a bonus monster from beyond.
Hey, you know, maybe this is mankind's ecological purpose!
I'd like to think this universe is the result of another race, in a previous universe thinking this was a good idea, and accidentally destroying their universe and replacing it with ours.
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Which I interpreted as meaning that if it worked, things would go all resonance cascade and we'd have a sudden deluge of time travelers dropping in on us.
The same reason the new Intel processors are like a hundred times faster than the old 286s but less than half as big. More transistors.
"Well what does your project propose to do?"
"Not sure but it could possibly destroy then entire universe"
"SOLD!"
Hello, neighbor!
Don't know where,
don't know when,
but we'll meet again some sunny day:whistle:
My sentiments exactly.
Also, I read through all of the projected disasters that could occur as a result of this device being used and so far as I could tell not one of them endangered the universe, or even the solar system.
EDIT: Okay, this one could:
But I'm still not worried.
Big ones are all sitting out in the vaccuum of space with nothing to eat, while the black holes the LHC is producing will be about 500 feet beneath a swiss McDonalds.
Even though there are a few characteristics of the black holes being produced that make them safer than puppies, as electricitylikesme pointed out, I'm still a bit wary.
But basically, the life of a black hole is proportional to its size, and ones this small will evaporate nigh the moment theyre created. That and the diameter of the things event horizon is so small it couldn't suck up anything with a wavelength longer than strong gamma rays.
I think I've been on the internet too long. My first reaction was to photoshop a lamprey's mouth onto it.
The one about creating a vacuum state possibly different than the rest of the universe.
Or creating strangelets that chain react fuck up earth then spread like spores to destroy new planetary bodies, but that's just hogwash.
the universe is just one big gravitational orgy
KAAAAAANEEEEEEEEEEEEEDAAAAAAAAAAA!
The Big Crunch is a possibility, yes.
and like someone's soda pop is sitting on the railing where it's not supposed to be and then all of the carbonation is pulled out of it via QUANTUM RIP AND TEAR
and his supervisor will just be all "man look i told you not to leave your shit there it's your own fault i don't care if they charge four bucks for those at the cafeteria i'm not okay fine i'll give you a dollar"
Check out this FAQ about the LHC.
Small black hole, if it became self sustaining, would not destroy the universe - just this rock we happen to reside on. The chances for that are not quantifable tho.
Now creation of false vacuum - that is fun, basically - once it is created the whole universe will collapse into lower energetic state... instantly. We'd be annihilated, in the very sense of the word, in an quantum eye blink (which is very, very, very short)
*chuckle*
I dunno give a few days, they need to find some homeless bums to fill their actor quota.
This seems like the kind of shit we should test AFTER we get a few colonies set up on Mars...
...you know, just in case.
OR have you considered the possibility that we're living within a SciFi original movie?
Something like this?
the odds of it would be poor enough that even if we hadn't built the collider to take advantage of this roll of quantum snake eyes,
quantum mechanics provide plenty of doomsday scenarios we don't even have to do anything to set into motion
i mean what's the difference between 26 orders of magnitude and 36, m i rite
damn they beated us by a year!
I want to see this movie.
I mean shit, they could have made an entire movie with just the black hole, but no - they went the extra mile and threw in a bonus monster from beyond.
How could it not be the greatest movie ever?
If not then no one would no.
We would be gone in an instant
Wouldnt it be weird if we actually created ourselves in a fucked up looping paradox?
I'd like to think this universe is the result of another race, in a previous universe thinking this was a good idea, and accidentally destroying their universe and replacing it with ours.
There is the theory of the Moebius.
A twist in the fabric of space, where time becomes a loop.