http://lsag.web.cern.ch/lsag/LSAG-Report.pdf

I didn't understand a word of it, but I'm sure they're right

John

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Doctor John <doc### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> http://lsag.web.cern.ch/lsag/LSAG-Report.pdf

> I didn't understand a word of it, but I'm sure they're right

  There's one good point there: The Earth has been bombarded for
millions of years by cosmic radiation particles with velocities and
energies vastly larger than anything the LHC could ever produce, yet
we have still not been eaten by a black hole.

  Ignorant people who oppose the LHC as "dangerous" do not know nor
understand what the cosmic radiation is and how it's related to all this.

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Warp wrote:
> Doctor John <doc### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> http://lsag.web.cern.ch/lsag/LSAG-Report.pdf
> 
>> I didn't understand a word of it, but I'm sure they're right
> 
>   There's one good point there: The Earth has been bombarded for
> millions of years by cosmic radiation particles with velocities and
> energies vastly larger than anything the LHC could ever produce, yet
> we have still not been eaten by a black hole.
> 
>   Ignorant people who oppose the LHC as "dangerous" do not know nor
> understand what the cosmic radiation is and how it's related to all this.

Or black holes, for that matter.

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Bill Pragnell wrote:
> Or black holes, for that matter.

	That's what you think.

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Doctor John wrote:
> http://lsag.web.cern.ch/lsag/LSAG-Report.pdf
> 
> I didn't understand a word of it, but I'm sure they're right

Interpretation for the layman:  "The people who say that the new 
whiz-banger being built in Europe might create a black hole that 
destroys the earth are speaking nonsense."

Regards,
John

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Doctor John wrote:
> I didn't understand a word of it, but I'm sure they're right

Well, a lot of it is based on the assumption that the Earth and Moon are 
both more than 6000 years old, and that the stars and such we see are 
also more than 6000 years old. Based on that fallacy, one can *not* be 
sure we're not destroying the universe when we turn it on.

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On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:38:33 -0700, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom>
wrote:

>Doctor John wrote:
>> I didn't understand a word of it, but I'm sure they're right
>
>Well, a lot of it is based on the assumption that the Earth and Moon are 
>both more than 6000 years old, and that the stars and such we see are 
>also more than 6000 years old. Based on that fallacy, one can *not* be 
>sure we're not destroying the universe when we turn it on.

Arg! run away, Rev Usher! :)
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     Stephen

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Doctor John wrote:

> I didn't understand a word of it, but I'm sure they're right

I love the way they manage to say "don't be daft, only a complete loon 
would consider this dangerous" while still managing to sound technical 
and authoritative. :-D

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Doctor John wrote:
> I didn't understand a word of it, but I'm sure they're right

http://scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=334&etc

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