TimC Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 (language warning) Let's face it, we really trust science. In fact, studies suggest that the vast majority of people will murder another human being, if a guy in a lab coat tells them it's OK. But surely in their insatiable curiosity and desire to put knowledge above all things, science would never, say, inadvertently set off a chain of events that lead to some sort of disaster that ended the world. Right? Well, here's five experiments that may prove us wrong. #5.Recreating the Big Bang #4.The Quantum Zeno Effect #3.Strange Matter #2.Time Travel #1.Nanotechnology Please hurry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmayes Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Save me Jebus!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcat2334 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Nanotechnology sounds awesome! Imagine you meet a magical leprechaun. For a bargain price, he offers to fix up the your house and add an extra room. So you take him home, and he proceeds to eat your house and poopy out a hundred and forty more leprechans, which promptly murder you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Marie Curie died of radiation poisoning, didn't she? I think as long as thees experiments are run by men, we'll be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Holy Roller Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Marie Curie died of radiation poisoning, didn't she? I think as long as thees experiments are run by men, we'll be fine. Herer! Here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muck Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Apparently some of these were overblown as we're not dead yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Apparently some of these were overblown as we're not dead yet. The little bit I read sounds like the experiment isn't done yet, so we're not in the clear yet. They fired on beam in one direction. Next they want to test fire another in another direction. And the actual experiment is to get them to collide with each other and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muck Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 The little bit I read sounds like the experiment isn't done yet, so we're not in the clear yet. They fired on beam in one direction. Next they want to test fire another in another direction. And the actual experiment is to get them to collide with each other and see what happens. No, the experiment happened ... that article was pre-experiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 No, the experiment happened ... that article was pre-experiment. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/s...icle4722261.ece The next challenge is to “capture” both beams, so they fire in neat 2mm pulses, and to fine-tune them. Then the LHC will move on to collide the two, to recreate the conditions of the Big Bang. There will be no collisions today, but it is possible that some trial collisions will be performed as early as next week, to help scientists to calibrate their detectors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westvirginia Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Has the super collider destroyed the world yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Has the super collider destroyed the world yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/s...icle4722261.ece The next challenge is to “capture” both beams, so they fire in neat 2mm pulses, and to fine-tune them. Then the LHC will move on to collide the two, to recreate the conditions of the Big Bang. There will be no collisions today, but it is possible that some trial collisions will be performed as early as next week, to help scientists to calibrate their detectors. they probably have already done this on numerous occasions.... they just don't do things live the 1st time... like when we landed on the moon....if anyone believes that was officially the 1st time we landed on the moon is crazy, we did test runs prior to that to be sure there wouldn't be anything catastrophic on live TV... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh 0ne Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 like when we landed on the moon....if anyone believes that was officially the 1st time we landed on the moon is crazy, we did test runs prior to that to be sure there wouldn't be anything catastrophic on live TV... Link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 they probably have already done this on numerous occasions.... they just don't do things live the 1st time... like when we landed on the moon....if anyone believes that was officially the 1st time we landed on the moon is crazy, we did test runs prior to that to be sure there wouldn't be anything catastrophic on live TV... You actually think we've landed on the moon? Everyone knows that footage was taken on the back lot of Universal Studios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 "We didn't land on no moon" -- World-reknowned rocket scientist Marshall Faulk Scientists are quite often narrow-minded and arrogant as hell though. Ending the world via some wacky experiment wouldn't surprise me in the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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