Earth 'not at risk' from collider

[RedAnarchist]

Our planet is not at risk from the world's most powerful particle physics experiment, a report has concluded.

The document addresses fears that the Large Hadron Collider is so energetic, it could have unforeseen consequences.

Critics are worried that mini-black holes made at the soon-to-open facility on the French-Swiss border might threaten the Earth's very existence.
But the report, issued the European Organization for Nuclear Research, says there is "no conceivable danger".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7468966.stm

Whats everyone think about CERN and the possibilities it will bring?

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

The idea that the LHC represents any kind of significant safety threat is a load of bollocks cooked up by scientifically illiterate paranoiacs.

I am however, interested in what the LHC will reveal to us about the fundamental building blocks of the universe. Does the Higg's Boson exist? Does gravity have a force-carrying particle, widely known as the graviton? The LHC might also give some hints, if not direct confirmation, of the correctness or incorrectness of the various string theories and supersymmetric theories that seem to be popular among theoretical physicists.

[piet11111]

there is so much to learn that the nigh non-existent risks are more then worth it.

even in the extremely unlikely event of CERN blowing up the planet or something like that i doubt i would be in the position to give a damn seeing i would be dead instantly.
not a bad way to go on this shitty planet.

[ckaihatsu]

Does gravity have a force-carrying particle, widely known as the graviton?


I thought gravity was just the electrostatic force (ionic bonding).... Anyone?


Chris



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[ÑóẊîöʼn]

I thought gravity was just the electrostatic force (ionic bonding).... Anyone?

Both of those are manifestations of the electromagnetic force, not the gravitational force, which is considerably different to the other forces (for a start, it works on much, much larger scales).

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j99/NoXion604/smbrk.gif

Don't you know anything about Physics?

[ckaihatsu]

Yeah, I do.... I just find it very difficult to wrap my head around the idea of gravity -- the whole action-at-a-distance kind of thing. Einstein's spacetime doesn't make it any easier, either (the balls-on-a-fabric thing)....

Perhaps if the scientists *do* find an actual graviton particle I'll be able to have a good night's sleep again...! = )