We're Doomed

[Professor S]

Once again, its likely that nothing bad will happen, but science has gained more from accident than intention. There is a line that separates confidence and arrogance, and to completely disregard the chance of something bad happening from operations that have never been attempted, crosses that line.

I'm not saying "don't do it". I'm saying "be careful".

And the I'm Doomed part was in jest, obviously, but there is room for reasoned concern.

[mickydaniels]

Yes, I don't think we should be preaching the apocalypse (unless you already do so for religious reasons).
Pretty interesting, if only for the fact that they're claiming this machine will go up to 7 trillion electronvolts.
Violence in the realm of "chemistry" is 5 eV.
Fission of 1 uranium atom is ~200 million eV.

Fun Fact: there were arguments before the Trinity bomb test against a hypothesis of the bomb actually being able to burn up the whole atmosphere of the earth.

[Swan]

Amusing article about a bunch of things this machine could do
http://www.cracked.com/article_16583...end-world.html


Even if not true scary to even think about

[mickydaniels]

Originally Posted by Swan

Amusing article about a bunch of things this machine could do
http://www.cracked.com/article_16583...end-world.html


Even if not true scary to even think about

REPENT! For the kingdom of God is near!