2008-09-09, 02:08 AM
About the LHC:
"The claim is that 'micro black holes' could be formed which would suck up the earth. Firstly, black holes don't suck any more than a bit of mass-energy, secondly we know that black holes evaporate very rapidly so could do no harm and thirdly, no-one expects them to be formed in the first place. It's just bad anti-science baloney." - Dr David Hutchison, the guy who taught me particle physics, relativity and cosmology last semester.
"The claim is that 'micro black holes' could be formed which would suck up the earth. Firstly, black holes don't suck any more than a bit of mass-energy, secondly we know that black holes evaporate very rapidly so could do no harm and thirdly, no-one expects them to be formed in the first place. It's just bad anti-science baloney." - Dr David Hutchison, the guy who taught me particle physics, relativity and cosmology last semester.