The five scientific experiments most likely to end the world

[Eeezee]

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The LHC is three of them!

 

[Pheran]

Of course all of this stuff is highly unlikely (to put it mildly), but if you want to read a cool science fiction story along these exact lines, check out Einstein's Bridge by John Cramer.

 

[Eeezee]

I know, I'm just proud of the article because I work on the LHC We're working hard every day so that there will be no tomorrow!

 

[Pheran]

Originally posted by: Eeezee
I know, I'm just proud of the article because I work on the LHC We're working hard every day so that there will be no tomorrow!

Cool. Well in that case I doubly recommend Einstein's Bridge, because if you work on the LHC you should enjoy it even more.

 

[Eeezee]

Sounds good, I'll look into getting a copy when I return to the states next month

 

[Jeff7]

I'd attribute the greatest risk to nanobots. They seem to have the greatest potential for being weaponized.

Everything else there is more like a 1-in-10^40 chance, or something around that. You might as well wait around for every subatomic particle in the planet to simultaneously decay. It's possible, just not very likely.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Best web site on the web.

S. Peter Davis is a genius.

"As you've probably worked out by now, there's some weird shit out there in the world of science. That's because a whole lot of the fundamental theories about reality are based on mathematical equations rather than actual observation. So there are all sorts of things out there that seem to exist in theory, but we've never seen them. At least one scientist has suggested that if we ever saw them with our own eyes, it's likely that we would start screaming and never stop. Well, it wasn't so much a scientists as HP Lovecraft."

LAWL!

 

[SpunkyJones]

Originally posted by: Eeezee
I know, I'm just proud of the article because I work on the LHC We're working hard every day so that there will be no tomorrow!

Dam be careful, you're working at the real Black Mesa! :Q

 

[DrPizza]

That was great! Thanks for the link

 

[Anubis]

that site is full of win, everytime someone posts a link to one of their articles its great

 

[PClark99]

saved for later

 

[silverpig]

I liked the picture with the asshole particles. "Look at that particle. What an asshole."

 

[TwiceOver]

That is hillarious!

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Originally posted by: SpunkyJones

Originally posted by: Eeezee
I know, I'm just proud of the article because I work on the LHC We're working hard every day so that there will be no tomorrow!

Dam be careful, you're working at the real Black Mesa! :Q

Just make sure you have your hazmat suit on, and post here when the vortigaunts arrive

 

[lokiju]

We're all going to die at some point.

 

[middlehead]

I remember reading Cracked magazine as a kid, I've been glad to see their articles recently showing that they grew up along with me :thumbsup:

 

[Turin39789]

ice 9?

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus

Originally posted by: SpunkyJones

Originally posted by: Eeezee
I know, I'm just proud of the article because I work on the LHC We're working hard every day so that there will be no tomorrow!

Dam be careful, you're working at the real Black Mesa! :Q

Just make sure you have your hazmat suit on, and post here when the vortigaunts arrive

Make sure you have a crowbar, as well. Or a FUBAR, which would adequately describe your situation if you manage to initiate a resonance cascade.

Some of the fears surrounding the LHC bring to mind some of the concerns people had about early fission technology. Weren't some people afraid that the entire atmosphere would be ignited by the detonation of an atomic bomb?

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: Eeezee
I know, I'm just proud of the article because I work on the LHC We're working hard every day so that there will be no tomorrow!

hehe...

 

[CPA]

This made me bust out laughing as I was trying to leave a voicemail for a coworker.

They assure us that they can stage a new Big Bang if they smash some protons together really, really fucking hard. In fact, they can make a million of them per second, which is 999,999 more than God managed.

 

[Cogman]

lol, I got a kick at how they explained quantum physics.

To grossly simplify it, on a scale smaller than atoms, the quantum level, everything suddenly turns into a goddamn circus. Quantum physics is to regular everyday physics as a David Lynch film is to a mainstream blockbuster. We're talking particles popping in and out of existence, being in two places at the same time, and generally acting like assholes.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Originally posted by: CPA
This made me bust out laughing as I was trying to leave a voicemail for a coworker.

They assure us that they can stage a new Big Bang if they smash some protons together really, really fucking hard. In fact, they can make a million of them per second, which is 999,999 more than God managed.

Look at the caption to the God picture "God: 1 Science 999,999"

 

[bignateyk]

Couldn't you just destroy the out of control nano's with an EMP?

 

[TheVrolok]

Great site. Tons of lawl.

 

[finite automaton]

Originally posted by: bignateyk
Couldn't you just destroy the out of control nano's with an EMP?

Not if the EMP is a nanobot.