Re: Could the Large Hadron Collider be sabotaging itself from the future, as some physicists say
DaveT
on Google to see what was happening over at CERN. That's when I read about the explosive event
during start-up. I believe it's referred to as "the quench event", which befouled a significant part
of the machine." What puzzled me was with all the quadruple-checking and testing of subsystems, how
could such a thing happen? I guess there's supposed to be a report as to who screwed up and how.
The thought did occur to me that maybe someone or something doesn't want this thing to start up.
Will "they" keep trying, (to stop it) or did we already get our one chance to save ourselves? Did
"they" also nix the SSC, or was it just the fire ants?
I would appreciate if someone could explain, in English if possible without too much
headache-inducing, pesky math, why we need those Higgs things to explain gravity. My understanding
is that basically the Big-Bang transmuted energy into space and matter, with the Higgs things
happening somewhere along the way. Now we have to think about dark matter (gravity without
discernable substance) and dark energy (anti-gravity without discernable substance) to muddy the
water. I always wanted dark matter to be a swarm of little tiny black holes (gravitoids) out there
somewhere, but if it were, someone would have already discovered or at least suggested them. Dark
energy, on the other hand, I consider to be the most enigmatic thing to be discovered in my
lifetime. I know of no fact, theory, or extrapolation of theory (to quote Mr. Spock) to explain it,
and don't even have any pseudo-theories at the ready.
Hopefully, the LHC won't create any Dark Energy. It sounds like it could be really nasty stuff. Does
it embody inverse space-time, for example? Anyway, if Brian Cox says the LHC is safe, I'm inclined
to believe him.
Barbara <pri...@verymuchso.org.uk> wrote:
>Could the Large Hadron Collider be sabotaging itself from the future, as some
>physicists say
>
>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/biology_evolution/article6879293.ece
>
>Any ideas on this one.
>
>Babs.