Posted by Michael83 on January 29, 2008, at 20:07:05
In reply to Re: Update » Michael83, posted by Racer on January 29, 2008, at 13:25:47
Hello Racer, I've been gradually feeling better and better. But I saved your post on my computer in case I ever need it and I really thank you.
**triggers below - not read if easily scared**
For your friend the physicist, what I am concerned about is the Tevatron and the new soon to be operating LHC (Large Hadron Collider) in Switzerland. Tevatron operates at almost 1 TeV (teraelectronvolt) and the new LHC will operate at 7 TeV and concerns were raised by some outsiders who thought operating at such energies would cut a whole in our dimension and access what is known as the de Sitter Universe, which is a not yet proven, but often hypothesized universe which would be a complete vacuum, which if accessed, would exert enough energy to cause...let's just say a large explosion.
The good news is, people have brought up this concern since 1995 and Tevatron's energies have been increased (I think) at least 10 times over and nothign has happened. Most scientists have laughed off the notion and it's been thoroughly researched. But the few who insist it's dangerous persist. In 2002, scientists from Tevatron released a tongue-in-cheek press release after upping the energies at Tevatron a significant amount mocking the nay sayers who said it would be dangerous.
Scientists say waves of energy have been bombarding the Earth for years from outerspace at millions and MILLIONS of times more powerful than what Tevatron or LHC could EVER produce (and this is true and undisputed), or what human beings could ever produce in general, and nothing bad has happened. This is why they believe it's safe. The critics (albeit, there are very few of them) say you cannot compare those two types of waves, but most scientists disagree and say they are the same.
In general, I would ask your friend, does he feel these "colliders" are dangerous in any way? Are the scientists correct to assume that waves of energy from outer space are the same as what's being produced inside these colliders? And if they're not harming us (outerspace waves) then neither should the collisions inside the LHC?
There are other concerns like black hole production, but it is said that any black hole created within this machine would be destroyed immediate via Hawking Radiation and it's lifespan would be so short it would not even each the walls of the chamber inside the machine and therefore not be able to devour anything.
Thank you a lot Racer.
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