Scientists sue to stop 'black hole' from sucking up Earth

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A European court has deemed the potential risks associated with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) worth discussing, specifically concerns that it could create a "celestial vacuum" that might consume the Earth. However, the court has allowed the supercollider project to proceed as scheduled. Discussions highlight that even if micro black holes were generated during experiments, they would decay almost instantaneously, posing minimal risk. The likelihood of producing strangelets is considered even lower, making them a less pressing concern. Additionally, there is a commentary on the paradox of advanced civilizations potentially self-destructing through the development of such technology, which could explain the lack of detectable evidence of extraterrestrial life.
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Have you read anything so rediculous?

Apologies before hand if this is in the wrong place...

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A European court says the idea a new supercollider project could create a "celestial vacuum" and eventually consume the Earth is worth discussing, but the project can move forward on schedule anyway.


The Large Hadron Collider

At dispute is what could happen should planned experiments at the supercollider built near Geneva by the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, go awry when the massive atomic particle smasher is fired up about this time next week.
 
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Oh yeah, I remember that, pretty lame to be honest.

Even if micro black holes were produced, they would decay in an extremely small fraction of a second.

A much more realistic and worrying issue would have been strangelets, but it would be very less likely for the LHC to produce them.
 
I knew there was a good reason for the null SETI results. Apparently, before any advanced civilization can develop sufficient technology to broadcast proof of its existence, it invents a supercolider and self terminates, thus destroying all evidence of its history.
 

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