Giant machine set to probe secrets of the universe

[Et in Arcadia ego]

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Break on thru to the other side. Come on, who's with me?<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>For all we know, some retard somewhere already tried this and that's how we got the <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>first </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->Big Bang.. <p>____________________<br>Some are born to sweet delight, some are born to endless night.</p><i></i>

[Et in Arcadia ego]

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>people both inside and outside of the physics community have voiced concern that the LHC might trigger one of several theoretical disasters capable of destroying the Earth or even the entire universe. These include:<br><br>* Creation of a stable black hole<br>* Creation of strange matter that is more stable than ordinary matter<br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>* Creation of magnetic monopoles that could catalyze proton decay</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>* Triggering a transition into a different quantum mechanical vacuum (see False vacuum)<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>I know the RI board's loaded with smart people all, but in case anyone scratched their head over this one, technically, it means such an experiment could instigate the corruption of the foundation of all matter. It's a consequence of the Big Chill theory, which if correct, matter itself eventually decays to nothing when the last things in the universe are evaporating Black Holes, but <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>that's</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> so far into the future I'm incapable of describing it without using scientific notation. That was a devine little Nasty I ran across studying Cosmology that triggered an extended Freak-Out causing months of depression. To have that horror initiated over an experiment here on Earth..?<br><br>New Theory for the Fate of the Universe:<br><br>The Big Nothing..<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/images/smiles/icon_scared.gif" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <p>____________________<br>Some are born to sweet delight, some are born to endless night.</p><i></i>

[orz]

I'm all for it! <p></p><i></i>

[juno jones]

Certainly gives a new view of the Mayan Calendar's predicted 'end of time'...<br>Hey, given the choice between the world being blown up by raging fundamentalists attempting to 'bring back' the avatar of choice and the world being destroyed as it is pushed thru a black hole by a bunch of science addicts that don't know when to say 'when', I'll take the latter anyday. It will make a spiffy SF book when written by some future day extra-dimensional Larry Niven (and it won't drag on like that endless damn 'left behind' series...) <p></p><i></i>