While there are many great speculations as to what the LHC could unveil by means of science, the best theories are a recreation of the Big Bang or creation of a Black Hole. I personally am cheering for the Black Hole possibility. Could you imagine what would happen if a Black Hole was created? We would have conversations like this, "Hey want to go to Europe for vacation?" My reply, "No, we don't go to that side of the world anymore...."
Anyway, the LHC is set to project its initial beam September 10th, this Wednesday. Despite the lawsuits and the death threats.
Yeah I said lawsuits and death threats. The US filed a lawsuit in Hawaii's US District Court to delay the LHC launch saying that it is a "Doomsday Machine."
As for death threats, scientists working on the LHC have been receiving less than savory messages via email and faxes telling them to stop their research.
Honestly, I don't see why we should stop it. We let the Atomic Bomb get dropped, on people, twice. How many particle accelerators have been used up to this point, provided none of them were this size, but the end of the world never came. We have more to gain by activating the LHC than by letting it sit dormant and becoming a 20 year failure.
Oh, so you know, the LHC is capable of 4 trillion electron-volts at maximum power. Quite a bit of juice which won't be completely used until a little bit after the initial beams are launched.
Live it up people, Wednesday may be the end of the world!
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