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Investigating Artificial Black Holes

Posted by timothy on from the like-ghost-busters dept.

Robber Baron writes "I remember years ago watching a cartoon in which an inventor had managed to create 'portable holes.' Now along those lines, according to this story in the Christian Science Monitor, scientists are on the threshhold of developing the 'do-it-yourself black hole' (Well, no, it's not quite do-it yourself as you need a pretty large collider to pull it off.) They're hoping to use the new Large Hadron Collider at the European Center for Nuclear Research to create many tiny black holes and observe the Hawking Effect as they dissipate. Keep your shotgun handy though, as they are more than likely going to open up a portal into another dimension and all sorts of nasties are going to come pouring out."

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  1. Re:Gordon, by Eros · · Score: 1, Troll

    This sounds familiar, would you mind spelling out what it is in reference to?

    Thanks

  2. Re:Whoa... by NoMoreNicksLeft · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sounds like a gay porno. Would the subtitle be "Exploring Brown Hole Theory" ?

  3. We need the email addresses of funders for cern by Billly+Gates · · Score: 0, Troll
    If we are going to stop this madness we need to educate politicans and the general community.

    Its not right to wipe out our own existance just for some stupid experiments.

    The idea of course is extremely absurd which is why the funding this happened. If only people knew the potential risks of such a disaster.

    I noticed alot of cern is based in belguim so I am going to search the web for some belgian government email addresses.

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  4. Billions in tax money... by Sunlighter · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...being poured into a black hole.

    Literally.

    How very sad.

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    Sunlit World Scheme. Weird and different.
  5. Sit back and relax, it doesn't matter. by zaqattack911 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Logically, just about every step of human invention and evolution is a means to our eventual perfection. We learned to speak, to survive better, we started civilization to survive better. We developed nukes to kill, but it eventually lead to the mutual prospect of distruction, and therefore brought some form of peace after/during the coldwar.

    If we are capable of creating a black hole which could suck our entire world into it... statistically, logically it must be a form of evolution. So just sit back and relax, and for those of us who are immortal... be prepared for an eternity of floating in space, planetless... with nothing but your own consiousness to keep you company for the eons it might take for you to bump into a habitable planet.

    -- noodle