CERN’s Large Hadron Collider will be activated this Wednesday. The LHC is a 17-mile long underground tunnel near Geneva that houses the world’s most powerful particle accelerator. Scientists use all this doohickery to smash protons together in order to recreate what they think happened during the initial stages of the Big Bang, specifically “the singularity” — the moment just before the Big Band occurred.
While many in the worldwide scientific community seem to be on board with the experiments, “a small group of maverick scientists” are attempting to prevent the LHC from being fired up this Wednesday, fearing that the experiment “could create a devastating black hole” if things don’t go as planned according to the Daily Mail. Thanks to the massive amount of energy created by the LHC’s atom-smashing, if not controlled properly, things could apparently get ugly.
I’m not here to say whether or not the particle acceleration train is going to run off the track and rip a hole in time and space, killing us all. For one thing, who knows if we’d actually die if sucked into a black hole that emanated from just underneath the border between France and Switzerland. Maybe we’d just get sucked gingerly into another dimension where everything is exactly the same except that pants zip from the back.
Whatever the case, maybe take a half day today to get your affairs in order. Then, if nothing happens on Wednesday, it’s not like you just blew off work altogether. Besides, you want to save up your vacation days for the real end of the world, which we all know is coming on December 21, 2012.
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider experiment will be shown live this Wednesday on http://webcast.cern.ch/ at the following times:
7:00 AM UTC
3:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
2:00 AM Central Daylight Time
1:00 AM Mountain Daylight Time
12:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time
I think it is very stupid doing something like that. They are testing the EARTH to the extreme and one of these days they will eventually mess up. They need to understand that there is no going back once they turned it off. I think they need to have feelings for children such as myself and others who have a big life ahead of them.
Riteee .. i am not happy about this situation of the earth ending!!!!!!!!!!! why would you do something that could actually destroy the world???????
i am not happy about it at all!!
what if i actually die? that siencist person is stupid! why would you do something like that?? ..
seriously!!!
if i die then he will regret it! i will kill him in heaven the beast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
why r people saying the world is gonna end in 2012 casue i’ll only be 16 and not even driving yet. and maybe not even had a boyfriend me and my love the world and we want to live till were over 100 no one wants to die so please e-mail me back where ever you r i dont want the WORLD TO END!!!!!!!!!!!
even i am finding ‘this’ quite stupid but at the same time, we should remember that science is all about assumtions. untill and unless we take risks we won’t be able to open another chapter in science. let us stop cribing about this matter and take it more logically and intellectually. just imagine what a great archievement it would be for manking if this project is successful. it be like cracking the theory of the universe. however, if something wrong happens, so be it. but as for the moment, let’s be optimistic. by the way if you are looking for a bf, what about me?
so u wont mind missing all ur family or friends cause i will so wot they still should nt do it they need to think about other people nt wt there gonna achive
so u wont mind missing all ur family or friends cause i will so wot they still should nt do it they need to think about other people nt wt there gonna achive
even i am finding ‘this’ quite stupid but at the same time, we should remember that science is all about assumtions. untill and unless we take risks we won’t be able to open another chapter in science. let us stop cribing about this matter and take it more logically and intellectually. just imagine what a great archievement it would be for manking if this project is successful. it be like cracking the theory of the universe. however, if something wrong happens, so be it. but as for the moment, let’s be optimistic. by the way if you are looking for a bf, what about me?
im wif ya m8 listion im only 9 jst gon in2 yr 5 n im well scared so wot da scientists want to prove sumink ill tell ya wot ill go to the moon that daii n ill watch the earth bein sucked ill go to the moon wif my family n live dere!!!! waaa dis is not fair!!
da world is not going to end. dont believe what people saii or wut the tv says they have no proof! just because the tv says theyre not always right, the exact same thing happend in 1999 or 2000 look at us here now. did nething happen?? no, just keep living ur life kk??
WHY DO WE NEED TO KNOW HOW THE WORLD STARTED?! WHY ARE WE TAKING EVEN THE ‘SLIGHTEST’ RISK TO FIND UNECCESARY ANSWERS? KNOWING MORE ABOUT HOW THE WORLD BEGAN/THINGS WE CAN’T SEE ISN’T GOING TO HELP ANYONE TO LEAD A BETTER LIFE THAN THEY ALREADY LEAD. ALL THIS MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT ON MAKING THE PLANET A BETTER PLACE, NOT ON THE RISK OF MAKING IT THE TOTAL OPPOSITE!
ur soo right !!!!
Blame the Atheists who want to find proof they are right and that a there is not GOD.I am starting to get pissed off at them right now.
well some people want to prove there is no god…(why are they right/wrong) And there are people who want to prove there is a god…(why are they wrong/rigth)
Not just the Atheists, other religions speak of doomsday. Assuming your of the more popular religions, you even have a doomsday. There is just as much factual evidence to support either side of the coin, you just choose to believe one side because of where you live and influences in your life. You have been breed to write this anything other than your religion off. And to add it is highly possible that something of magnatude can happen, by our hands or the Earth itself. And don’t quote stuff from a book of faith if you want to respond. It has just as much credability as this assumption that this article has. Educate your self about the cycles of Earth, and the coming change.
the only sure thing is that there is GOD but these all (asholes for u) are trying to find the spark of world’s creation
how are you sure?
what makes you say there is a god? you have no proof at all?
there is a risk. and it is a bit daunting!
but ive just turned 12, and im sooo intrested in this stuff.
no it isn’t worth risking life on earth! but we should do smaller tests to work out things like this.
Why does the world have to end??????
We r all so young and we dont want to die
we.re scared
is it true
we dont want to leave are family and friends
please email back cuz we want to know all of thaa details
thanx
shayde+hayley
Pity me Pity me, Why do we have to go through hurricanes year after year, why do we have Earthquakes, tornados, meteor showers, sun spot cycles, why do people die. Its life, its a cycle, our curent cycle of the age will end, our ancestors have told us this from facts and myths.
Why do scientists have 2 end the world on wednesday because there are so many people out there who dont want o die, including me and my friends. there is more 2 life than worrying about dying on wednesday. plz, plz stop this black hole or at least let it stay at where it is goin 2 start plz dont bring it 2 britain. WE DONT WANT THE WORLD 2 END!!!!!!!
Why do scientists have 2 end the world on wednesday because there are so many people out there who dont want o die, including me and my friends. there is more 2 life than worrying about dying on wednesday. plz, plz stop this black hole or at least let it stay at where it is goin 2 start plz dont bring it 2 britain. WE DONT WANT THE WORLD 2 END!!!!!!!
Hi Girls
i saw all your comments
yes it is true we all dont want it 2 happen
im so sorry your scared. my children are scared too
we’re sorry enjoy what you got left of your life
plz tell someone to stop it
do anything
we r scared just lke yr children
WE DONT WANT THE WORLD TO END!!!
HHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPP!!
u dunt deserve kids mannnn u r spolilt wot u meen enjoy ure life wots left ov it GODDDDD pray all dis aint trewww plzzzz
who r u r u the 1 doing the Black hole and when will it happen and why??
no I’m not the one doing the black hole im the guy who set up this page i dont know when it will happen or i dont know why
sorry
no I’m not the one doing the black hole im the guy who set up this page i dont know when it will happen or i dont know why
sorry
HOW OLD R U JUST ASKIN???
31
please dont let the world end im in tears here i dont want to lose my best friends nd my family my little sis is only 3
WE R 12 AND 13! LOL(LAUGH OUT LOUD)
there has got to be some way of stopping this as from what ive seen everyone is scared out of their minds
its making me ill, seriously!
omiigodd !
im lyk sooo scaredd !!
mii aunty iz sayin tht this iz all crap !
bt i dno.. i bet its true…
nd wts with the wrld endin in 2012 ????
Check out the first link in this article for the Wikipedia entry, scroll down to the “External Links” section for the official LHC website, and then check out Notes #43 for the “Large Hadron Rap.” Learn particle physics with a beat, yo!
hi i am reverend john murphy the world will not end on wednessday god will decide wen the world will end so dont worry
let the lor be with you
yours faithfully reverend john murphy
u wierdow how old r u??
This is ridiculous! I’m all for science, but this has gone too far. There’s too much of a risk in my opinion. Just today, at school – people were getting anxious, they kept saying the world was going to end without actually understanding what the LHC was.
It’s just going to cause panic and uproar. We’re not ready for this kind of scientific experiment, and frankly, we shouldn’t mess with stuff that we should leave well alone.
LISTEN:
The media is creating a false idea, so that Wednesday when nothing happens, we will all breathe a sigh of relief and go about our business and forget about this thing.
All they are doing on Wednesday is sending the electrons 17 miles in one direction. No biggie.
It’s when they send electrons and protons in OPPOSITE directions and then SMASH em together that all hell will break loose.
They plan to do that “before December 2008.” And, when that happens, they may cause a quasar, which will take about 4 years to destroy the earth from the inside out. That’s the concern, not what they are doing on Wednesday. Get it?
They are testing a new weapon.
The Council on Foreign Relations, NATO, etc. They funded it.
Get Real.
Wednesday is just revving up day.
They plan to actually collide the atomic particles “before December.”
So, when nothing happens on Wednesday, we will all forget about it.
Well, Zoey, you need to be sending lots of money to the 13,000 children who starve to death every minute in this world, mostly because people don’t care. Your life isn’t the only one that doesn’t want to be ended early. So if you really want to live, help some others along the way, okay?
Besides, the world is not going to end tomorrow. I promise. But your spam will no doubt contribute more to the coming digital apocalypse, and if you don’t stop, you will be partly to blame for it. Talk about black holes. Spam is the only one that’s going to challenge the world tomorrow.
I Think This Is Stupid , It Will Scare All The Little Kids , & It Will Get Us All Wound Up . & If It Doesnt Happen Then It Was a Waste Of Time . Worrying & Stuff Like That , So i Think Its Pathetic To Post It On T.v When Little Kids Are Gunna Be Watchin & Altho They Mite Not Understand , Some Kids Aint Stupid .. I Dont Evan Know What a blackhole Is I Just Asked a Mate On Msn Like.
EnyWay , I Dout It Will Happen
‘we’re sorry enjoy what you got left of your life’
Oh yeah Andy Scared The Sh*t Out Ov EveryOne.
Sophiie x
hey, add me inir :P
Imagine if your the guy/gal who tured it on and then the world ends! you would have to deal with some prettty angry people x
Hello ,
I Think This Is Stupid , This Has Been Scarin Little Kids & It Has Also Been The Main Gossip In My Skool ,
‘we’re sorry enjoy what you got left of your life’
^^ Thats Well Nice Init Andy .
None Of Us Wanna Die , Il Be 17 If So , Me & My Bf Are Happy & We Dont Wanna Loose Each Other ,,
Wb When You Have The time .
Don’t worry, the world will not end, a few reasons for reference:
1) Most likely the same scientists that Stated that we would all die on the year 2000. Nothing happened.
2) The same scientists who stated that all machines would go crazy and kill humans or w/e (The millennium bug)
3) The world wasn’t formed through the Big bang in the first place; If you read the bible, it states that god formed the earth.
4) The scientists will most likely be dead, or in prison before they get the chance to press the “on” button. “Death threats etc”
Well ,
1. i Dont Believe in God .
2. No1 # i Wasnt Old Enuf To Understand i Was What 5.
3. No2# I Dont Understand
4. What ‘On’ button ?
Even if its not true, people won’t shut up about it!!!!!
It scaring everybody and i wonder what will happen on Wednesday?
That will be baddd…… -_-
i hope the scientist do get put in prison!!!!
-xo
Ahhh … My Friends Are All Sayin Its Not True But I Think It is :(
I Dont Want The World To End :(
xx
AHHHHHHHHHH why the hell are they doing it its STUPID!! “oh yes were doing it because we can” ID RATHER YOU DIDNT BLOW UP THE WORLD THANKYOU!! who cares about the god partical its sooo stupid i would rather live thn get blown to pieces :(
Rite My Sisters What 21 , & She’s Worried , Theres Nothing We Can Do About It As ive Just Gone & Askd My Dad , Its Not Like We’re Gunna Be Able To Remember It Or Enything ?
Yes Maybe It Was Said In 2000 But That Wasnt a Manmade Feature It Was Nature .
Soo . Yeah
c’mon people. don’t be so fearful. i know we’re not all particle physicists but understanding the chance of a world ending event results from the Hadron only require a cursory understanding of probabilities. the actual calculation is something like 1 in a googolplex (1 with a hundred zeros) that we would all be sucked into a black hole. you have a *much* better chance of dieing just about any other way you can imagine (1 in 83 that it will happen in a car). anyway, lay off the poor scientists and get excited instead about our chances for great discovery.
Ah , W.e ..
Were Not All Smart Half Of Them Words I Dont Evan Understand Can You Like Shorten It Down So i Can Understand It Pleaseee .
basically there is a risk that the whole world could be sucked up by a black hole on wednesday.
i know this sounds horrible but at least if you die in a car crash you don’t kill the hole planet lmao .. anyways wen you dead you dead and there is nothing you can do about it. and it is only a 10% chance, all we can do yis hope for the best and pray. because it could be judgement day for all of us (what a scary thought)
im amy c too! lol x
im nervous, but not scared…
the thing is, every1 dies 1 day and it would be so amazing to understand everything about everything. i think its nearly worth it.
we r all gonna die 1 day so y not all die at the same time or we get 2 fing out loads of amazing stuff about everything. how cool would it be to know about time travel etc
i meant find not fing :)
Do something to stop it right now. Who gave them the permission to play with my life?
You are right mate who gave them permision?I guess noone all those scientist bietchis should go to hell and if i will cathc at least one of them i will shut their head to his ass.
Such a freakin waist of time, energy, and most of all money!
Tomorrow isn’t when we need to worry… it’s in a month or so when they do the actual particle colliding (or whatever it is they’re doing in those tubes).
That’s when we should panic!
what a bunch of goofs u r.thinking there is gonna be a black hole and everything gonna be sucked up……
well would any body wanna bet on whether anythings gonna happen?
lets start with 50$ on a paypall account :P
email me
omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! seriosly im soooooo scared is the world gunna end on wednesday its all over da internet
twat u freak
Is it just me, or have the CrunchGear comment demographics shifted for this article?
FUCK THE BULLSHIT GOSSIP
Fucking hell.
The world won’t end.
Shut up.
Go and watch TV or something.
Hide in a basement until Thursday.
I don’t care.
Just shut up.
omg!!! every1 at skwl is worryin abwt this bloody black hole thing!! it is doin me box in. if these people are doin this black hole thing they better think wa they r doin cus it could risk peoples lives n the whole idea is jus stupid. i saw sumwhere that scientists will do anythin even if the world will come to an end!!!! all this is jus pathetic if these people carry on what they are doing people r goin 2 die n will not be able to live their lives as a person. people better think b4 they do summet stupid. but is the world really goin to end though there might not even be a black hole. well dunno if we will eva know!.
i dnt dink it will happen but i am a bit scared just incase it does and i dnt fink it will next month or in 2012 but im still quite worryied
sophie we can repopulate the world ill save u lol