treeduck Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 http://davidbrin.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/lhc26.jpg Here at Categorists, we are very much concerned with that which the brighter minds of this world do to occupy themselves. Each of us is majoring in, or have majored in sciences in college (Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, and last but not least, Political Science) and a project that I have personally kept close watch over is CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This year, I have spent a great deal of time studying one of the building blocks of the physical world, quantum mechanics, only to find that there are numerous unexplained phenomenon. Apparently, a number of these answers are in the LHC. Here is a quick synopsis of what CERN is and what the LHC does. CERN stands for Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire, which translates to European Organization for Nuclear Research. It’s an international organization that leads the world in laboratory particle physics research. It is also the proud owner of the most badass particle accelerator to date: the Large Hadron Collider. It is 17 miles long and cost 7.5 billion Euros to construct. One of its main purposes is to discover the Higgs-Boson particle, which is pretty much the final missing link to the standard model of particle physics. Aside from that, it is theoretically capable of forming particles of infinite density and chain reaction properties (Strange Matter). To this day, the Higgs-Boson is still theoretical and the LHC has faced many experiments and complications since it’s induction in 2008. A large number of people believe that the experiments done at CERN could have catastrophic side effects, such as creating a black hole, here on Earth. This year, CERN is beginning another set of experiments in hopes to getting that much closer to completing the Standard Model. Scientists at CERN have announced test dates for the rest of the year, as well as some curious dates can be found in the upcoming schedule. Starting Monday, December 17, 2012 and going through Friday, December 21, 2012, CERN will be launching and running a series of collisions, which are predicted to break records in high voltage collisions already set by the LHC. With these experiments, the scientists are hoping to create atomic reactions that would provide further information about anti-matter, and the big bang. The test set for the week of December 17-21, 2012 is the final test before the LHC will shutdown operations for upgrades and will resume operation in 2014, assuming something doesn’t go wrong, in the minds of some of the scientists, terribly right, which causes the end of the world. I guess we will just have to see what happens. Let us know what you think, is CERN guilty of a self-fulfilling prophecy of destruction here? http://i9.dainikbhaskar.com/thumbnail/636x303/web2images/www.dailybhaskar.com/2012/12/06/7936_lhcgodparticle.jpg CERN's God Particle test date coincides with 'Doomsday' New Delhi: Scientists working on the God Particle (the Higgs Boson) are hopeful that particles that are more new might show up at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, which might lead to discovery of ‘supersymmetry’ and dark matter. The discovery has the potential to change the way we look at things and experience them. Once complete, the CERN can challenge the fundamental principles of particle physics. It can provide us answers to many unexplained phenomenon and events that take place around us. It can also reveal a totally different perspective to the way we see the world! Many have believed that the experiments conducted in the large Hadron Collider have the potential to trigger the end of the world. After conducting successful experiments, CERN is gearing up for its next stage of project scheduled to take place from 17 December 2012 to 21 December 2012. Yes, 21 December 2012! The last date of the Mayan calendar. The Doomsday, as predicted by many theologians. Is it a mere coincidence or human's working together to fulfill the Mayan prophecy? Only time would tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen of the World Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Celebrating 2112 day with a Big bang? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Sawyer Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Why is this even news? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Thanks for the tag, Duck, but may I just add this: Oh s***! Oh s***! Oh s***! Oh s***! Oh s***! Oh s***! Oh s***! Oh s***! Oh s***! Oh s***! Oh s***! Oh s***! Oh s***! Oh s***! (The above might give someone the snickers (!) :P ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 aye... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompers Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Dude, really? Don't buy into that Mayan stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USB Connector Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I'm sure one of the scientists did it just to freak everyone out. I would do the same thing because if nothing happens other than a successful test then they can just say "hey look! the world is still turning and we're might win a nobel prize!". The village folk who buy into the mayan calendar crap probably also thought the collider was going to make black holes that will destroy the Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Sawyer Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 I'm sure one of the scientists did it just to freak everyone out. I would do the same thing because if nothing happens other than a successful test then they can just say "hey look! the world is still turning and we're might win a nobel prize!". The village folk who buy into the mayan calendar crap probably also thought the collider was going to make black holes that will destroy the Earth. True. I hope people realize that scientists have made black holes before. They are just so small that they evaporate after absorbing only a small amount matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USB Connector Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 I'm sure one of the scientists did it just to freak everyone out. I would do the same thing because if nothing happens other than a successful test then they can just say "hey look! the world is still turning and we're might win a nobel prize!". The village folk who buy into the mayan calendar crap probably also thought the collider was going to make black holes that will destroy the Earth. True. I hope people realize that scientists have made black holes before. They are just so small that they evaporate after absorbing only a small amount matter. In the collider black holes are fairly common. The worst they do is damage the sensors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Sawyer Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I'm sure one of the scientists did it just to freak everyone out. I would do the same thing because if nothing happens other than a successful test then they can just say "hey look! the world is still turning and we're might win a nobel prize!". The village folk who buy into the mayan calendar crap probably also thought the collider was going to make black holes that will destroy the Earth. True. I hope people realize that scientists have made black holes before. They are just so small that they evaporate after absorbing only a small amount matter. In the collider black holes are fairly common. The worst they do is damage the sensors. Media sensationalists... :| :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyndseyG Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I'm sure one of the scientists did it just to freak everyone out. I would do the same thing because if nothing happens other than a successful test then they can just say "hey look! the world is still turning and we're might win a nobel prize!". The village folk who buy into the mayan calendar crap probably also thought the collider was going to make black holes that will destroy the Earth. True. I hope people realize that scientists have made black holes before. They are just so small that they evaporate after absorbing only a small amount matter. In the collider black holes are fairly common. The worst they do is damage the sensors. Really? I didn't know that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Out of interest, what's 'sexy nylons' got to do with the Big Bang..? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USB Connector Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Out of interest, what's 'sexy nylons' got to do with the Big Bang..? :P Well you see, when the big bang happened, everything was one big ball of energy. As the universe expanded more stable/solid mass was formed. Fast forwards billions of years and now you can find sexy nylons. Scientists are hoping that in time, recreating the big bang and speeding up the process will be cheaper than hiring factory workers in china, mexico and other places to produce goods like sexy nylons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Out of interest, what's 'sexy nylons' got to do with the Big Bang..? :P Well you see, when the big bang happened, everything was one big ball of energy. As the universe expanded more stable/solid mass was formed. Fast forwards billions of years and now you can find sexy nylons. Scientists are hoping that in time, recreating the big bang and speeding up the process will be cheaper than hiring factory workers in china, mexico and other places to produce goods like sexy nylons.:LMAO: !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Why's there a picture of an Incan calandar? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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