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steve smyth — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:51:36 GMT

the universe was much more interesting when it was full size...all this manmade contraction will eventually lead us to believe that we've grasped the ungraspable...by making it small enough for us to get our greedy little mitts around...YECHH!

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Frank Noseworthy, Port-au-Choix, Newfoundland & Labrador — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:51:21 GMT

As with many things, these fine and brilliant men and women will discover the answers to the most complex. Then, and only after there hard work, they will realize the simplicity of it. I wish them good luck and enjoyment in there endeavors.

Frank

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Avery Y. in L.A. — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:10:56 GMT

my god! turok the dinosaur hunter is now running a physics lab. seriously tho, hope they put some focus on free, infinite, energy, that would probably cut the problems in the world (lack of fresh water-desalination, better transportation-use the remaining petro' deposits 4 fertilization, etc...).
orbital solar collection, micro-fusion, fission, heck even room temp super conducters would help increase effiency on our preexisting infrastruction.

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BMS, beyond the limt — Sat, 10 May 2008 01:54:51 GMT

Gee, physics IS phun!

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James Tankersley Jr, Middleton WI — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:07:10 GMT

Has any information been release about the status of the promised LHC Safety Assessment Group study?

I would like to know that before micro black holes may be created at a rate of up to 1 per second, that a rigorously peer reviewed safety study will be published in reputable physics journals and appropriate time will be given for reasonable peer review based on the possible consequences to the entire current and future populations of Earth.

I read the 1999 RHIC safety study, and it did not contain any statements as to the safety of actually creating micro black holes on Earth. It did not address issues of micro black hole stability, it did not address Hawking Radiation, it did not address capture rates by Earth’s gravity and it did not address Earth accretion times.

Will this be done before collisions begin at the Large Hadron Collider, currently predicted for as soon as Mid-August 2008?

Thank you,
JTankers
LHCConcerns.com

1999 RHIC Safety Study: http://www.bnl.gov/RHIC/docs/rhicreport.pdf

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Harley — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:04:56 GMT

With a name like Turok, he must be a Vulcan. His ears look normal though...wonder if he's had some work done.

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jesse fleicher,chicago,il — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:49:34 GMT

I think the vast knowlegde we will get from the LHC will help man kind jump leaps and bounds in science,transportation,everything...I even see a possible way into time travel with the knowledge we will get from this machine,I think the saftey has been taken care and I for one cannot wait for them to fire it up and get this going..Look to the story of JOHN TUTOR with a open mind and maybe you won't be so afraid of the unknown.

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Thomas Ashby, Calgary — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:17:10 GMT

This link alone is the crux of this thread :

http://streamer.perimeterinstitute.ca/mediasite/
viewer/NoPopupRedirector.aspx?
peid=f76f57bf-cad1-4d12-8050-e064b78e1970&shouldResize=False

watch it !

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curio50 — Sun, 11 May 2008 03:40:56 GMT

JTTankers: This may sound crazy, but the way I view the LHC is that this is the most recent culmination of the path science has led us to. You know what, even if it did create a big black hole that swallows us up I think it still may have been worth it. I think that this is part of the risk we assume in daring to reach for the stars, b/c rockets with gigantic fuel tanks aren't going to do it. Fossil fuels are finite and polluting, people are already overpopulating the planet, and it seems that reaching for something better (tech spinoffs from confirmation of what were only theories) may be worth gambling with our miserable present existence - provided the odds are mostly in our favor (-: Heck, an asteroid could come along and wipe us out too, but significantly advanced technologies could save us.

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Jen F. Usher — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:41:19 GMT

I would like to have Turok give his opinion on my long held belief that land based launched space vehicles are responsible for tearing wide gaping holes in the Worlds' Atmosphere that contribute to the rise in severe weather all around the Earths' surface!?

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Dan Asti, New York — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:41:50 GMT

Most physicists have been careful not to use the term "micro black hole" when talking about these experiments because of the misconceptions this has created with some in the public. People have wrongly associated the term with an object of a similar name that exists in the depths of space/time. There's an odd assumption that a continuously growing, microscopic vacuum, which sucks everything into it, would somehow be created and suck up the entire Earth. Fortunately this isn't how a "real" black hole functions or we, along with the entire universe, would reside inside one right now.

It's very important to understand the energy created by smashing these particles together is really, really, really small. The total energy is equivalent to what is constantly happening on earth, everyday. The total mass involved is less than what the naked eye could see.

A "black hole", which is a terrible name for the object it describes, is entirely different. Stellar black holes are born of a gigantic star which is unable to withstand its own gravity. This is an extremely different process which will create something entirely different. What is the probability of an ant colony manufacturing peanut butter? Factual evidence does not support these doomsday scenarios. There were the same "concerns" with RHIC. I say "concerns" and ask again about the ant colony and peanut butter. Are you concerned that your sleeping blanket will have human babies? How about your daily vitamin making you chocoalte ice cream? If your concerned about colliding particles making black holes that swallow Earth then get your bedding some birth control. NOW!

http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/lhc/Safety-en.html

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j halverstadt, Cleveland, OH — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:49:15 GMT

To Dan Asti: Thank you!!! I'm so tired of perusing these message boards and seeing little but crackpot doomsday paranoia. You just made my day.
Seriously, people, stop believing everything you see on the Science Channel. It may be entertaining, but it's meant to be taken with a grain of salt.

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Rock — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:02:41 GMT

Turok...son of Stone...coming soon.

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Nate, Wildomar, CA — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:49:06 GMT

It's a blessing to see man study God's Universe.

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Thomas Ashby, Calgary — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:38:12 GMT

Nate..you can be assured that Turok isn't religious. You are projecting your world view, nothing more.

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Sovereign77x — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:26:04 GMT

It's fascinating to see what can be accomplished when people have the resources to answer tough questions and change our perspective. Remember the good'ol days of Albert Einstein? Check out the link below for some intersting ideas on this:

http://www.strangelegacy.com/2008/05/09/einsteins-shortfall/

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Thomas Ashby, Calgary — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:49:26 GMT

Before any other God fearing types get on here and start spouting off about Gods universe, consider the truth about Einstein and his view of the bible.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24598856/

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Jimakin — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:04:07 GMT

I read the article from the link above about Einstien's views as well as all the previous posts and those after reading the interview while clicking on each link inside the interview to read those too. Whew! Exciting things going on. What a time to live.
I believe there is an intelligence which could be called God because the universe makes not much sense if there were not. As to whether or not any of the existing "major" religions have portrayed God correctly remains to be seen. It might be that it is just plain vanity on the part of us humans to refuse to believe that when we die we just die and you don't "wake up" is some heaven or staging area for the same. Once we are born and exist we can ask ourselves and others "I am a unique complex biological machine that is aware of itself and has the ability to figure out things and construct things which can alter the reality that we percieve all around us. So I cannot believe my awareness of myself and the reality around me can end upon my demise."
So are we just vain for not wanting to accept that our sense of self evaporates when we die? If so, how sad for us. Oh well!

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Ken Elder Austin, Texas — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:45:44 GMT

If the new collider proves the oscillating version of the Big Bang, this would fit Buddha’s teaching that the universe expands and contracts in great cycles of vast time. The whole universe is reborn. Buddha taught that there are (impermanent) higher dimensions of existence, the collider may proves the existence of higher dimensions of time/space. Buddha taught that its not a soul that goes from life to life but a mental process, a mind stream of waves of consciousness, not some spiritual big ego Self, rather a sort of a super string phenomena on the mental level. Astrophysicist Wheeler made similar points in my discussion with him after an 80’s lecture at the Austin TX Unitarian Church on Eastern Religions and Modern Physics.

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Jerry Sipe, Columbus, Ohio — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:20:01 GMT

Does anyone truly understand all the inmplications of quantum physics? Several yrs ago I was sitting in my living roonm, neither drunk nor drugged, when I heard a sharp popping sound from my kitchen. Instantly, there flew into my living room a very strange looking bird of a kind I could not identify. It found a perch on my curtain rods and stared at me. With a sense of unease I entered the kitchen to see if the back door had been left open. It was closed and locked. As the hairs on the back of my neck rose, I opened the door and returned to the living room. With a shrill squawk the bird launched from the rods and flung itself through the open door. Slamming it closed I commenced to examine all windows and walls in the kitchen.All windows closed and all walls intact.
I later searched several ornithological reference works but could not find the creature.
Could it have entered my kitchen via a worm hole from a parallel universe? My dog, a schwerg pinscher, was intensely agitated, a not unnormal state for her, during this sequence of events. For about a week, she would stand in the doorway to the kitchen, stare at a point near the ceiling in the middle of the room and snarl. Her behavior soon normalized, but she still occasionally is reluctnnt to enter the kitchen alone. Severl other weird events have occurred in this home in the last three years. I attributed them all to prosaic circumstances at the times of their occurrence, but.....? The universe is definitely weirder than we can imagine.