End of the world on Wednesday, take a half day today

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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

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conman (Who am I?)

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.

 
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Hannah (Who am I?)

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
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Kirsty (Who am I?)

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!!!!!!!!!!!

 
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yuvraj (Who am I?)

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?

 
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tanya (Who am I?)

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

 
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tanya (Who am I?)

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

 
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yuvraj (Who am I?)

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?

 
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Chelsea Harris Bartlett (Who am I?)

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!!

 
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step (Who am I?)

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!

 
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Me (Who am I?)

ur soo right !!!!

 
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particlebreach (Who am I?)

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.

 
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Meeeee (Who am I?)

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)

 
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Jeremy (Who am I?)

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.

 
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mike (Who am I?)

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

 
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Jeremy (Who am I?)

how are you sure?

 
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Steven (Who am I?)

what makes you say there is a god? you have no proof at all?

 
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Amy (Who am I?)

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.

 
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Shayde + Hayley (Who am I?)

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

 
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Jeremy (Who am I?)

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.

 
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Zoey (Who am I?)

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!!!!!!!

 
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Zoey (Who am I?)

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!!!!!!!

 
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Andy (Who am I?)

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

 
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Zoey (Who am I?)

plz tell someone to stop it
do anything
we r scared just lke yr children
WE DONT WANT THE WORLD TO END!!!
HHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPP!!

 
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Chelsea Harris Bartlett (Who am I?)

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

 
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shayde (Who am I?)

who r u r u the 1 doing the Black hole and when will it happen and why??

 
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andy (Who am I?)

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

 
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andy (Who am I?)

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

 
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Zoey (Who am I?)

HOW OLD R U JUST ASKIN???

 
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Andy (Who am I?)

31

 
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Kirsty (Who am I?)

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

 
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Zoey (Who am I?)

WE R 12 AND 13! LOL(LAUGH OUT LOUD)

 
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step (Who am I?)

there has got to be some way of stopping this as from what ive seen everyone is scared out of their minds

 
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step (Who am I?)

its making me ill, seriously!

 
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Me (Who am I?)

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 ????

 
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J Rob (Who am I?)

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

 
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Chelsea Harris Bartlett (Who am I?)

u wierdow how old r u??

 
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ConcernedStudent (Who am I?)

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.

 
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Lisa W (Who am I?)

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?

 
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Lisa W (Who am I?)

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.

 
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Eric (Who am I?)

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.

 
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Sophie (Who am I?)

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

 
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goodey (Who am I?)

hey, add me inir :P