LARGE HADRON COLLIDER: Will the LHC create a stable black hole that devours the Earth?
What will the controversial Large Hadron Collider (particle accelerator) find? From Cosmic Variance:
The Higgs Boson: 95%. The Higgs is the only particle in the Standard Model of Particle Physics which hasn’t yet been detected, so it’s certainly a prime target for the LHC (if the Tevatron doesn’t sneak in and find it first). And it’s a boson, which improves CERN’s chances. There is almost a guarantee that the Higgs exists, or at least some sort of Higgs-like particle that plays that role; there is an electroweak symmetry, and it is broken by something, and that something should be associated with particle-like excitations. But there’s not really a guarantee that the LHC will find it. It should find it, at least in the simplest models; but the simplest models aren’t always right. If the LHC doesn’t find the Higgs in five years, it will place very strong constraints on model building, but I doubt that it will be too hard to come up with models that are still consistent. (The Superconducting Super Collider, on the other hand, almost certainly would have found the Higgs by now.)
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God: 10-20%. More likely than stable black holes, but still a long shot.
Your guess is as good as mine is as good as CERN’s. I find the arguments against reasonable proof of safety far more compelling than the arguments for safety.
Abstract below from Dr. Rossler’s plea to the world, copy available at LHCFacts.org.
“A nightmarish situation, that can still be hoped to be averted in time through communication within the scientific community, is drawn attention to. Only a few weeks remain to find out whether the danger is real or nothing but a mirage. After this time window is closed, it will take years until we know whether or not we are doomed. The story line has all the features of a best-selling novel. The reader is asked to contribute constructively.”
Quote from Dr. Otto E. Rossler, Professor Theoretical Biochemist, visiting Professor of Theoretical Physics, inventor of the Rossler Attractor, founder of Endophysics, winner of the 2003 Chaos Award of the University of Liege and the 2003 Rene Descartes Award.
i feel that if there is just a small doubt,in any 1 of those scientists minds,as to the outcome of the test on wednesday,then please,for the sake of the human race,do not flick that button.
p.s.could you please inform me of the time this is meant to take place please?.
Your guess is not as good as CERNs. They are an organization of professional physicists, and you’re a dipshit with a modem and too much free time.
First, CERN can’t say they are 100% sure about anything. Otherwise, we wouldn’t need CERN or particle accelerators. Second, you don’t know me, I actually support the LHC and science; therefore, I support the pursuit of knowledge very much. Furthermore, I would never resort to name calling on someone’s blog if I did not have anything intelligent to say.
@buckdenton
I believe Al’s comment was directed at jtankers, not at you…
How embarrassing – seems like your right a0u – so many thanks.