Scientists try to re-enact 'Big Bang'

[SpringRain]

I heard this on the radio and read this on yahoo's news article, what do you guys think? In a way it's cool to know that we could do things like this but couldn't this result in some malfunction that could possibly alter things that we know of now? Not to mention, they did say that the world could end! (Well that part I wasn't really too jumpy about :boing:) But still...so what do you guys think?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080910/ap_on_sc/big_bang

[Caitlin.ann]

Thats awesome! :boing:

I don't think any black holes are going to occur though..I'm going with the CERN guys.

[Infinite Grey]

Ok if the LHC was capable of causing anything that could destroy the world we'd be dead by now - the type of collisions they'll be making routinely happens in our upper atmosphere - at even greater energy levels than we could obtain. So yeah... this paranoia seems to surround all the sciences - damn sci-fi stories, so entertaining but (usually) so full of shit.

[Bettie]

Ok if the LHC was capable of causing anything that could destroy the world we'd be dead by now - the type of collisions they'll be making routinely happens in our upper atmosphere - at even greater energy levels than we could obtain. .

If I had a dollar for every time I've said this today... :lol:

[Infinite Grey]

If I had a dollar for every time I've said this today... :lol:

prehaps CERN should start paying us :thumbsup:

[SpringRain]

Thats awesome! :boing:

I don't think any black holes are going to occur though..I'm going with the CERN guys.


So what would youdo when the world ends? Or is coming to an end?

[Caitlin.ann]

So what would youdo when the world ends? Or is coming to an end?

It won't. Infinite Grey explained it well above. Its on such a small scale nothing will happen.

[SpringRain]

Ok if the LHC was capable of causing anything that could destroy the world we'd be dead by now - the type of collisions they'll be making routinely happens in our upper atmosphere - at even greater energy levels than we could obtain. So yeah... this paranoia seems to surround all the sciences - damn sci-fi stories, so entertaining but (usually) so full of shit.


Thank you for the knowledge! :uhhuhuh: I totally agree that the sci-fi stories always seem so entertaining but it usually does lack in the evidences it presents. I must say, this will definetly create more kids saying they wanna be scientists instead of a firefighter or policeman! lol :lol:

[SpringRain]

It won't. Infinite Grey explained it well above. Its on such a small scale nothing will happen.


Yeah, but I meant in general, not in the course of that experiment.

[Caitlin.ann]

Yeah, but I meant in general, not in the course of that experiment.

Oh well in that case..I'll die. :p

[SpringRain]

Oh well in that case..I'll die. :p

:lol: Okay, I'll give you that.

[He who seeks]

well....it aint happened or we just havent realised it and now all thrown into an alternate universe.

Still one good thing came out of it.

Cheesy T-shirts

'I survied the big bang experiement 2008'

[Renny]

My opinion on this whole thing is ... why... why do people want to know this so badly? It seems like everyone is obsessed with either how the world began or what will happen after you die. Maybe its just me but I really dont care. Here and now is whats important to me.

I understand pursuing knowledge, but the thing cost 6 billion dollars. Money that could be used to cure cancer, aids, and other illnesses? No, we need to recreate the big bang! They are doing things that no one has ever done before, they can specualte all they want but there is no telling how these experiments could affect the world. So its "possible" the world could end all be cause of something most people dont know or care about. I just dont think its worth it.

[SpringRain]

I heard this on the radio and read this on yahoo's news article, what do you guys think? In a way it's cool to know that we could do things like this but couldn't this result in some malfunction that could possibly alter things that we know of now? Not to mention, they did say that the world could end! (Well that part I wasn't really too jumpy about :boing:) But still...so what do you guys think?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080910/ap_on_sc/big_bang


I'm terribly sorry, misplaced info there, I'm actually wrong, the particles won't end the world. Please forgive me for that info there.

[Caitlin.ann]

I'm terribly sorry, misplaced info there, I'm actually wrong, the particles won't end the world. Please forgive me for that info there.

Psh..no need to apologize silly.

[Bettie]

My opinion on this whole thing is ... why... why do people want to know this so badly? It seems like everyone is obsessed with either how the world began or what will happen after you die. Maybe its just me but I really dont care. Here and now is whats important to me.

I understand pursuing knowledge, but the thing cost 6 billion dollars. Money that could be used to cure cancer, aids, and other illnesses? No, we need to recreate the big bang! They are doing things that no one has ever done before, they can specualte all they want but there is no telling how these experiments could affect the world. So its "possible" the world could end all be cause of something most people dont know or care about. I just dont think its worth it.


There is more to life than just your own personal experience of it. The kinds of results that hopefully the LHC will provide will give us answers to things we have so far only dreamt of. Not just the Big Bang and it's immediate aftermath, but also things such as dark matter, the origin of mass, other dimensions, the way gravity works, the confirmation of the existence of the Higgs boson - just so many gaps in our knowledge of how physics - and the world - works could be filled because of this. There are also philosophical/spiritual ramifications to this, too - how does people's concepts of god/deity fit into the scientific discoveries that will be made? It opens up a whole new era of science.

I'm sorry that you don't think it's worth it - personally, I believe it's worth every cent. Yes, it's important to find cures for AIDs and cancer, but this is on a much larger scale than something like that. It's not like funds are being diverted away from research into these areas. It's just not possible to devote ALL money into finding cures for such diseases - there are other priorities as well, and the LHC is one of them.

[Infinite Grey]

My opinion on this whole thing is ... why... why do people want to know this so badly? It seems like everyone is obsessed with either how the world began or what will happen after you die. Maybe its just me but I really dont care. Here and now is whats important to me.

I understand pursuing knowledge, but the thing cost 6 billion dollars. Money that could be used to cure cancer, aids, and other illnesses? No, we need to recreate the big bang! They are doing things that no one has ever done before, they can specualte all they want but there is no telling how these experiments could affect the world. So its "possible" the world could end all be cause of something most people dont know or care about. I just dont think its worth it.

How about we invest the money being spent to fight the fearsome Iraqi and his war-donkey into finding a cure to cancer, aids and other illnesses AND keep the LHC.

Do you like the Web? It came from CERN doing random shit like this... PET scans? CERN. Applied sciences = better candle Science for science sake = Light bulb.

[Sparkysrevenge]

Sorry, had a flash back to my younger days when I read the thread topic, please continue posting...


<puts both hands in his pocked and begins whistling as he walks for the exit>:boing:

[Dr. K]

Sorry, had a flash back to my younger days when I read the thread topic, please continue posting...


<puts both hands in his pocked and begins whistling as he walks for the exit>:boing:


Wow, someone has very high self esteem.