Full FeedTwo “concerned citizens” hamper recreation of Big Bang
Walter L. Wagner and Luis Sancho of Hawaii seem to have been smoking too much stuff lately. I’m saying this because on March 21, they filed a lawsuit in a district court in Honolulu, Hawaii against the European Center for Nuclear Research or CERN. This lawsuit seeks to place a temporary restraining order on CERN’s latest and greatest project ever: the Large Hadron Collider. And what is it that the L. H. C. does, you ask? Oh, nothing. It just recreates the Big Bang. You know, that awesome explosion that started the Universe?
For those that don’t know (or haven’t read Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons), a large hadron collider has the ability to supercharge protons up to seven trillion electron volts and then afterwards let them collide to recreate the energies and conditions resulting from a “Big Bang.” CERN aims to further understand these forces and presumably apply them for the good of mankind, but the two concerned complainants are worried about something else occurring in the aftermath: black holes that could quite possibly eat up the earth, and even the whole universe. What?
CERN says it has done a lot of previous testing and can attest to the L. H. C.‘s complete harmlessness. And the Safety Assessment Group was even set up to do another anonymous review of the said project last year. But still, Wagner and Sancho won’t give up easily, even though the party they are trying to shut down is at least a few thousand miles away, in Geneva, Switzerland.
Now I know most people would have mixed views regarding this matter, but judging from the popularity of Sci-Fi pop culture movies and the like, I think more people would agree with the complainant’s arguments, at least at first. And from what most of us were taught back when we first learned of it, isn’t a Big Bang supposed to naturally cause a black hole to appear anyway? I’m no Physics major, but judging from the facts, I think it’s quite safe to say that there really will be a black hole after the blast. But then again, people at CERN say that there should be absolutely no cause for panic, as the large hadron collider is tested to be problem-free (both by in-house physicists and trusted third-party experts). But for now, no one can say for sure what the effects will be after this projects is initiated. Will a black hole grow and eat earth, or worse, the universe? Will the colliding particles release so much energy that will it tap the inner core and send all volcanoes across the world exploding? No one really knows. Maybe it will just turn out the lights.
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It wasn’t what they were smoking in Hawaii. It was all the sunlight and fresh air that put the big Zap on their brians.
on March 30, 2008 at 02:48 PM - LINKWhat!!! This is crazy! To think that nothing will happen is absurd, and just down right moronic. I don’t care what they think is going to happen. Lets NOT find out. Even the best of scenarios could not be good for any kind let alone mankind. We are talking atomic explosions. This is not worth the risk of erasing all of existance. These scientists are well due for court and people should continue to question why they would even risk it.
on April 9, 2008 at 02:54 AM - LINKI think everybody is making a fuss over nothing.
These guyz know what they are doing and there is no way that they would be crazy enough to endanger anyone’s life including their own.
The energy they are working with is so low that there can not possibly be a massive destruction.
You’re comparing a low electrical impulse with explosion.
I think there really is nothing to worry about.
on July 1, 2008 at 04:31 PM - LINKTo think anyone would consider NOT performing this experiment is absurd!! The progression of technology is becoming stagnant with all focus on consumerism, and I think it’s high time for change!! High five to the boys (and girls) in white!
on September 8, 2008 at 11:37 AM - LINKi feel its goin to b a pivotal day for mankind tommorow. i might b the last person scribblin in here.
on September 9, 2008 at 03:17 AM - LINKBut if tests prove to b successful n mst probably they wil be. it l b a grt day for mankind.n lets chck out wat happens tmrw. see yaall of u.
thanks that really reasurring.
on September 9, 2008 at 05:49 AM - LINKif the LHC does create a black hole, then it may,as stated in the text, destroy our galaxy or even the universe,wouldnt that then be yet another thing our species would have destroyed. but this time we are talking about whole galaxies,maybe the universe, instead of just species.
oh well, the results could prove helpful,and there may not be a black hole. well have to wait and see tommorrow.
see ya!!
on September 9, 2008 at 03:24 PM - LINKhopefully everything will be ok because ther wont be enough enrgy formed to cause an explosion or black hole just think of it as two mosquitos colliding with each other that is a small amount of energy
on September 9, 2008 at 03:30 PM - LINKi think its just ######## they are putting everyone’s lives at risk don’t they know what they are dealing with they are just a bunch of people who are not thinking right…...........
on September 9, 2008 at 08:19 PM - LINKim scared :( helpp me. :)
on September 9, 2008 at 08:49 PM - LINKI LOVE U ALL…... BYE :<
on September 9, 2008 at 09:01 PM - LINKthis is ######## the universe wasnt created by sum ####### bigbang n who the #### was stoned when they came up with that #### ass name i mean cmon the BIGBANG if it made the universe course it would b ####### big BUT sum ####### explosion couldnt make the world GOD DID!!!!!!!!
on September 10, 2008 at 03:56 AM - LINKGOOD FOR THEM!!! There is nothing that can be that good for mankind that would be worth risking destroying our planet. They should be thrown in jail and charged with premeditated murder…they are risking lives AND an entire planet! And why, if it’s so good, did we not hear more about it before it was built, or while it was being built? Seriously, we are ALL on this planet together.
on September 10, 2008 at 11:38 AM - LINKthese people are idiots there trying to kill us all toss them in jail!!!! are they even real sientist?????
on September 10, 2008 at 03:23 PM - LINKMy God! what are they thinking!?!?!?!?! I KNOW!!!! IF THEY CAN DO IT!!!! NOT IF THEY SHOWED!!!!! I’d trather them clone dinosars and open jarasic park than do this!!!!!! i mean why can’t peaople just enjoy life and just LIVE IT! in sted of taking a chance to DISTROY it. im 15 and i KNOW THIS IS A DUMB IDEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and im from COLORADO FOR GODS SACKES!!!!!!!!!! It’s NOT A SCI-FI MOVIE PEOPLE!!!!! IT"S OUR LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!! OUR LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You know what keeps us living. what makes us think!!! OH WAIT!!!!! THEY"VE LOST THERE LIVES OR MINDS ONE OF THE TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!? WHY TAKE OURS!!!!!!!!! (if worst comes to worst) i want to go to go collage! i want to get married, i want to have a family, i want to be a novelist, or a kyropractor, or even work in special effects!!!!!!!! i don’t want some MORONS WHO DOSNT KNOW ME TO SCREW UP!!!! AND TAKE MY LIFE and DREAMS!!!!! AND ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
on September 10, 2008 at 03:42 PM - LINKso may i ask why? why? risk all this to see how life “was born” when you can just live life and let the world be?
Cassandra Miller,
God Bless.
i think this hwole big bang theory recreation is a bad idea!!!!!.
on September 10, 2008 at 10:40 PM - LINKlets NOT do it and say we did.
and then nothing will ahppen.
no1 wants to risk all of humankind to recreate the earth in a miniature form.
this is absolutely ridiculous.
we have no clue wat cud happen we could all die tonight or tomorrow.
its a very frightening thing.
please i have children i need to think about.
wat happens to them?
this is not a good decision.
please to not continue the project i am begging u.
for yours and your childrens safety.
come on everyone.
help out to get them to stop the testing.
Though I agree this is highly unnecessary, I think you are all completely over-reacting. Have you read your facts? Do you understand the chances on it destroying human kind? Seriously, it’s not going to happen. And, by the way, I have absolutely no belief that this “recreation” is going to work. It’s pointless, but you lot fretting so much over it is too. I’m 14 and I think I’m being quite mature about this. Grow up.
on September 11, 2008 at 04:00 PM - LINKthis is just gay somebody need to shoot them all in the head for even making this bull
on September 11, 2008 at 08:57 PM - LINKthis is the coolest thing i’ve ever heard….lets just pray we die
on September 13, 2008 at 11:13 PM - LINKWow the author is such a douchebag. Go #### yourself you stupid spic. Anyway I think this is a good idea. We can finally know what created the universe and therefore we can figure out everything else.
on October 15, 2008 at 04:58 PM - LINK