I support the Large Hadron Collider

[pokerfan]

Suppose their understanding of physics is wrong and they actually create a stable subatomic black hole that immediately sinks to the center of the earth and begins eating the planet.



It could actually take hundreds or even thousands of years before it swallows the planet. But most importantly, we will have learned... something about the nature of the universe. And think of what it would do for the space program.

http://www.exitmundi.nl/blackholes_lab.htm

[DarkTirade]

1. ... so it's okay to destroy the earth, as long as we're not gonna live long enough to see it?

:P

[pokerfan]

4. In the interest of science

Even when experiments don't go as planned, we still learn something. The current thought is that sub-atomic black holes are unstable due to Hawking radiation. It would be nice to know one way or another. :P

[DarkTirade]

5. So it's okay if we learn something that may, on the off chance, help us get off this planet...

even though what we have to do to learn it will, on the off chance, DESTROY this planet. :P

[pokerfan]

9. Call it throwing your hat over the wall

or when Cortez burned the ships. "If you want to climb over a wall, first throw your hat over." It's all about motivation.

I can see that you're a glass-is-half-full type. Always looking for the negative. :P

[DarkTirade]

10. Actually I'm more of a 'the glass is mostly empty because there's a huge amount of space

between sub-atomic particles, the atoms themselves, and molecules' type. :P

I just like poking holes in things.

[Fox Mulder]

2. I'd rather have the Earth stay here instead of risking it...

being sucked into a black hole.

For some reason I've grown attached to this planet.

[pokerfan]

6. Nothing says attached

like a black hole.

[Forkboy]

3. The earth has sucked for a long time already.

:)

[Deja Q]

7. And not in a good way!

:hide:

[Forkboy]

8. Leave it to you....

:spank:

:rofl:

[Monk06]

11. No worries. When the black hole gets around to sucking up Bush, Cheney et al

It'll just say, "I'll toss my cookies before I'll swallow that shit."

Then the solar system will super nova and start from scratch.

[derby378]

12. You realize that you can starve a black hole into nonexistence, right?

Hawking radiation is the key, here. Even when a black hole doesn't consume anything, it still produces Hawking radiation due to the phenomenon of zero-point energy. If the black hole emits enough H-radiation, it goes "poof" and vanishes into true nonexistence. Problem solved.

:hi:

[MonkeyFunk]

13. I have nothing against

large hardons colliding, but I don't think it needs to be done in public, and I'm not sure what more science can learn from it.

What? Hadron? Oh.

Never mind.

[pokerfan]

15. I miss Emily Latilla

:rofl:

Naturally, she was against the Deaf Penalty.

[harmonicon]

14. yeah, it's awesome

I feel a little sad that FERMY lab won't be top dog anymore, but apart from that, I'm down with it 100%.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

16. I'm in favor of it if it employs educated people.

What a thought!! Lots of physicists would drool over the chance to work on serious meaningful basic research.