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The Day the Earth Didn't Blow Up

Posted September 10th, 2008 at 16:14 by Cyric the Mad

Well, the LHC has rumbled to life without causing a catastrophic event. Despite the fact that there was no evidence to indicate it would, I must admit having a morbid fascination with the idea of scientists building something that would blow up the earth.

According to a statement made and then recanted by Martin Rees, the LHC had a 1 in 50 million chance of causing a catastrophic event. I don't know enough to comment on the science, but here's a fun fact - if his estimate was correct, those of you who play Powerball in the states would have had a greater chance of watching the world blow up today than you did of winning the lottery.

Just in case some of you remain unsure as to whether the world has blown up or not, here's a link to a site keeping a live update of the status of things: http://www.hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com/

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1. 	haha, nice one
   	Posted September 11th, 2008 at 14:01 by Hive Fleet Ruina

2. 	cool and scary picture
   	Posted September 13th, 2008 at 13:35 by Blackhat

3. 	It is fascinating science, though. Nice writeup.
   	Posted September 13th, 2008 at 23:07 by DavidWC09

4. 	4tehlulz would be a fun way for humanity to go though :p
   	Posted September 16th, 2008 at 11:27 by Luftwaffel

5. 	I'm really fascinated by the prospect of scientific curiosity biting our society right on the ass. I can only hope that these scientists are taking Ben Parker's sage-like advice.
   	Posted September 24th, 2008 at 17:20 by Cyric the Mad

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