Should we risk creating a black hole?

Originally posted by BackFire
Worth it.

co-signed.

What the hell is the point of creating a black hole?

It's something we don't know a lot about, and there are basically no clear benefits from this.

The people saying that science needs risk are a little bit incorrect, because most of today's main scientific discoveries that are most helpful such as computers, internet, and cell phones didn't have a risk of destroying a whole universe.

Originally posted by Spidervlad
What the hell is the point of creating a black hole?

It's something we don't know a lot about, and there are basically no clear benefits from this.

The people saying that science needs risk are a little bit incorrect, because most of today's main scientific discoveries that are most helpful such as computers, internet, and cell phones didn't have a risk of destroying a whole universe.

It wouldn't destroy the whole universe...

If you honestly believe a small black hole can destroy the ENTIRE universe, you're crazy...

Originally posted by Spidervlad
What the hell is the point of creating a black hole?

It's something we don't know a lot about, and there are basically no clear benefits from this.

The people saying that science needs risk are a little bit incorrect, because most of today's main scientific discoveries that are most helpful such as computers, internet, and cell phones didn't have a risk of destroying a whole universe.

It has zero chance of destroying the universe. It has zero chance of destroying the world. It has next to zero chance of making a black hole in the first place.

The benefit is learning about fundamental particles. Without people who researched the building blocks of nature we wouldn't have computers or most modern materials in the first place.

Researching fundamental particles they weren't expirementing with something that has been KNOWN to swallow planets. So a few questions. Dark holes are pretty much the most dense things in the universe. Would even a small black hole such as the one which could be created have a humonogous mass? And do Dark Hole's grow overtime as they swallow up other mass?

Originally posted by Spidervlad
Researching fundamental particles they weren't expirementing with something that has been KNOWN to swallow planets. So a few questions. Dark holes are pretty much the most dense things in the universe. Would even a small black hole such as the one which could be created have a humonogous mass? And do Dark Hole's grow overtime as they swallow up other mass?

Black holes shrink over time due to Hawking Radiation, they can never grow. Tiny ones vanish almost instantly.

There isn't enough mass being used to create a black hole with immense mass. For god's sake they're smashing atoms together, not stars. I suppose there might be some theoretical sub-Plank civilization right in the middle of the LHC but no one else is in any possible danger.

Basically, the LHC is producing Galactus.

Stephen Hawkin has spoken.

"There is no danger of causing a rip in space time and destroying the universe"

Now, rest peacefully.

(I'll be asleep when it goes off, so I won't know if it goes wrong.)

Just watched something about it on the History channel. They said it's not completely fool proof, because there can be some electrical explosions that could occur and cause it much damage.

That'd be funny.

Originally posted by Bicnarok
😆 half life goes online tomorrow then, bet get some weapons ready, looking forward to being badly influenced by video games. 😆

Everyone get your crowbar!

I'm actually scared.

well it got switched on 20 minutes ago and we're all still here

I dunno, man. My neighbor doesn't usually have tentacles but she does now.

na that's just the way all women look 1st thing in the morning...us men are usually too busy sleeping to notice

Well, while I'm pretty certain the black hole fearmongering is nonsense, though the LHC has been turned on it's technically still "warming up" as far as I'm aware.

I don't believe there's anything to worry about.

-AC

there's not...but you have to admire the press for making the nation (read "mindless idiots"😉 panic in order to make money

Gettin' redday to collide some Large Hadrons! 😉 Woo-hoo!

Even if it did create a black hole, it would be on a subatomic level, so they would just close up. They don't gain more mass by slowly eating away at something.

In fact, most of the scientist want to see something like this happen.

Originally posted by xmarksthespot
Well, while I'm pretty certain the black hole fearmongering is nonsense, though the LHC has been turned on it's technically still "warming up" as far as I'm aware.

According to my paper it's not going to be set at full power until almost a year from now. We can safely return to living in fear.