Comments on: Very (very) Fast Collisions: Recreating the Big Bang

By: Carl

Carl — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:23:18 +0000

Eventually past particles will be on the grammar tests of old fogeys trying to teach post-Shakespearian English to post-text-messaging teenagers.

By: Mikhail Emelianov

Mikhail Emelianov — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:07:33 +0000

Hawking is full of ~~shit~~ poohpooh - see here:

Famous retired physics prof Peter Higgs - of boson renown - has stingingly counter-poohpoohed the theories of his equally well known Nobel Prize rival, Stephen Hawking, who has already poohpoohed Higgs' particle concept. The clash of intellects is expected to be settled by particle-punishment results at the Large Hadron Collider.

By: Nicole Hawthorne

Nicole Hawthorne — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:54:04 +0000

1. I think black holes would be more like God hiccuping. Sharp intake of breath, sucking all matter into it.

2. BLACK HOLES ARE NOT PAINLESS! Didn’t you read Stephen Hawking’s Brief History of Time? He describes in detail what happens and it sounds excruciating, like getting stretched out until you are shaped like a noodle and then your cells start breaking apart… or something. (I read it like ten years ago, but I think that’s what happens.)

By: if the world ends

if the world ends — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:00:58 +0000

what if we all die it isnt something they can all fix then is it messing with nature is pathetic they are all dicks!!

By: Mikhail Emelianov

Mikhail Emelianov — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:36:15 +0000

What if it already happened and we’re all now in some kind of parallel universe where a person can repeatedly lie about a certain bridge to a certain nowhere and still get people to vote for her…

By: Tracey Denovan

Tracey Denovan — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:16:28 +0000

i just feel that its an issue where rumours have flown. my daughter came home from school petrified. I said they would not do this if they thought there was going to be disaster. The chances of a problem is not high so there for why is it people are so frightened. they would not be allowed to create such an experiment with consequences of death to millions of people. I had the same thing when i was a child with scares the world was going to end adverts telling you to go under the stairs. (what in a gas cupboard) with nuclear devistation.
These scientists are brilliant people and know what they are doing. you will probably not even know anything has gone on.
DONT WORRY KIDS!

By: Shahar Ozeri

Shahar Ozeri — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:56:03 +0000

Agreed. However, I’m quite certain that Sarah Palin doesn’t trust the science and thinks black holes are simply God passing gas…

By: Mikhail Emelianov

Mikhail Emelianov — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:29:24 +0000

If the likes of Sarah Palin is what Americans really what for their leaders, we might as well perish in a black hole – I’m sure it’s quite painless…

By: Shahar Ozeri

Shahar Ozeri — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:22:24 +0000

Yes! I linked to an article about that above. That’s my favorite concern about the experiment, definitely.

By: Mikhail Emelianov

Mikhail Emelianov — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:14:21 +0000

Wasn’t there a guy who tried to sue them to stop the project cuz he thought they will create a black hole and we’ll all get sucked into it?