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...the LHC might just turn out to be the world's first time machine.

...That's because travelling into the past is only possible - if it is possible at all - as far back as the creation of the first time machine, and that means 2008 could become Year Zero: a must-see for the ...
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K1052

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Isn't there also an outside chance that the LHC could destroy the planet?
 
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...That's because travelling into the past is only possible - if it is possible at all - as far back as the creation of the first time machine, and that means 2008 could become Year Zero: a must-see for the ...
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damnit 6 months too late!
 
irishScott

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Originally posted by: K1052
Isn't there also an outside chance that the LHC could destroy the planet?
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Yeah, there's also an outside chance that an asteroid will hit earth later this year. :roll:

There are theories that mini-black holes appear all the time, they just don't last long enough to do anything. Such will be the case with the LHC if it manages to create them IMHO.
 
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Originally posted by: K1052
Isn't there also an outside chance that the LHC could destroy the planet?
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It has been foreseen... December 21st, 2012.
 
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Originally posted by: irishScott
Originally posted by: K1052
Isn't there also an outside chance that the LHC could destroy the planet?
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Yeah, there's also an outside chance that an asteroid will hit earth later this year. :roll:

There are theories that mini-black holes appear all the time, they just don't last long enough to do anything. Such will be the case with the LHC if it manages to create them IMHO.
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I thought strangelets were more a concern in a collider of this power than mini-black holes.

 
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Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: K1052
Isn't there also an outside chance that the LHC could destroy the planet?
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It has been foreseen... December 21st, 2012.
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Meh, I'll be 30 by then so life's over anyway.
 
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jagec

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"Large Hadron Collider collider"?

Is that like "Built on New Technology technology" in Win2k, or "Universal Product Code code" or "Personal Identification Number number" or "Liquid Crystal Display display"?
 
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Originally posted by: jagec
"Large Hadron Collider collider"?

Is that like "Built on New Technology technology" in Win2k, or "Universal Product Code code" or "Personal Identification Number number" or "Liquid Crystal Display display"?
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They actually just crash two of those gizmos into each other mythbuster's style. Nothing says science like giant explosions! :D
 
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Thats interesting... So technically, if it works, the moment they switch the thing on, someone from 2527 could step out of there? :Q Heck, even worse... Since 2008 would be historically known as the year in which the time machine was invented, a huge number of people would want to visit our time, which means instead of just one person from 2527, theoretically the whole thing would fill with people from random timelines :confused:

Ill stop daydreaming now :cool:
 
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If there was a button that when pressed it would make a strangelet, I would press it 5 times. A day.
 
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Originally posted by: ShadowOfMyself
Thats interesting... So technically, if it works, the moment they switch the thing on, someone from 2527 could step out of there? :Q Heck, even worse... Since 2008 would be historically known as the year in which the time machine was invented, a huge number of people would want to visit our time, which means instead of just one person from 2527, theoretically the whole thing would fill with people from random timelines :confused:

Ill stop daydreaming now :cool:
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people?

im thinking giant cockroaches that survive after we have killed ourselves off in the future, maybe intergalactic overloards that appeared and conquered the earth...maybe zombies or mutants...
 
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Interesting, so the "time machine" is really created if and only if it creates a wormhole at some point during its operation. If it does, then if there's someone on the other end with the capability of traversing a wormhole, they might instantly appear when that wormhole is created.

You wouldn't see them if they did "appear," considering the size of such wormholes. Theoretically it would be a nano-machine, if capable of replication it might be able to build itself into something that can communicate with us within days or months, who knows. It's a one way trip unless the LHC creates more than one wormhole that happens to connect with the same point in space-time (unlikely). Don't expect time tourists any time soon.
 
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