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So the LHC is undergoing it's initial calibration phase. Soon, potentially the 21st of October, the first collisions will take place. Will this usher in a new era of particle physics and human understanding of the universe? Will we find the higgs boson or some other unnamed particle? Will we be totally and utterly destroyed by the extremely unlikely event that the collision will create a mbh that won't immediately dissipate in a burst of hawking radiation?

With all that rests on the shoulders of the great minds at the LHC complex, what will the future bring? Are we on the right course?

Thoughts? Discussion?

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guyhill80@yahoo.com
09/14/08 at 5:59 pm

I don't understand how we are suppose to detect anything moving faster than speed of light from a stationary observation point. Logic dictates that we must mobilize the LHC observation unit if we are to observe anything traveling at C<. I welcome any feedback. guyhill80@yahoo.com May our species servive.


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