2008-09-13, 03:55 PM
The LHC doomsayers are generally either people that stole a Ph.D from a legitimately studied individual, or the gullible people that believe said frauds.
I agree on the fact that, yes, it is a possibility that it will generate enough energy in a peak atom collision to form a black hole, but that's not how black holes work. A black hole isn't some "infinite hole", it simply is a large cloud of that sucks in it's surroundings and converts mass/energy into fuel for it to sustain itself. The part they DON'T let people know is that a black hole the size of an apple is so SMALL, it would literally suck itself in and die in nanoseconds, doing so little to the surrounding environment it is quite probable that even the LHC itself will take minimal to no damage. A collision between two single atoms can NOT create anything larger than a fist, else the atomic implosion of even a small star like ours would create a black hole several thousand AU in diameter. A large star, under these circumstances, would likely wipe out the entire galaxy it resided in; I don't feel very dead right now, how about anyone else?
Not even our own planet will be destroyed, much less the universe; phenomena unimaginably stronger in energy release occur very often past redshift 6.0, and the edge of the universe (the area of recent expansion, meaning celestial bodies are still forming) probably has such highly volatile activity every second.
I agree on the fact that, yes, it is a possibility that it will generate enough energy in a peak atom collision to form a black hole, but that's not how black holes work. A black hole isn't some "infinite hole", it simply is a large cloud of that sucks in it's surroundings and converts mass/energy into fuel for it to sustain itself. The part they DON'T let people know is that a black hole the size of an apple is so SMALL, it would literally suck itself in and die in nanoseconds, doing so little to the surrounding environment it is quite probable that even the LHC itself will take minimal to no damage. A collision between two single atoms can NOT create anything larger than a fist, else the atomic implosion of even a small star like ours would create a black hole several thousand AU in diameter. A large star, under these circumstances, would likely wipe out the entire galaxy it resided in; I don't feel very dead right now, how about anyone else?
Not even our own planet will be destroyed, much less the universe; phenomena unimaginably stronger in energy release occur very often past redshift 6.0, and the edge of the universe (the area of recent expansion, meaning celestial bodies are still forming) probably has such highly volatile activity every second.