CERN LHC = danger?

Link: http://layscience.net/node/974

This is a quote from an article published at Lay Science March 11 2010:

'So the LHC is really big, and really complicated. But what does this mean for our safety? Black holes are scary stuff, especially if they happen to suddenly appear in your backyard. Of course, the people at CERN conducted some studies (here and here) on this, and even did an excellent outreach for laypersons addressing these safety concerns. But still, some people are of the opinion that, even though they have no clue what this sciencey thing is all about, they sure as fuck are experts on its dangerous and potentially disastrous implications and results. They have an opinion, in fact, they have a very, very strong opinion on the matter. So they complain. So they get media coverage, because the media just love the "Maverick is kept down by Cabal of Evil Science Guys"-angle. Even though most people who actually know what the hell is going on are getting more and more annoyed by this.'

admin:
We just love this part of the rambling at Lay Science 'most people who actually know what the hell is going on are getting more and more annoyed by this'.

Ha. We are getting to much coverage by the stupid media (right?) and you guys get more and more annoyed. And what will you guys DO if you get annoyed? Hurry to create a stable black hole maybe?

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8556621.stm

This is a quote from an article published at BBC News March 10 2010:

'The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) must close at the end of 2011 for up to a year to address design issues, according to an LHC director.

Dr Steve Myers told BBC News the faults will delay the machine reaching its full potential for two years.

The atom smasher will reach world record collision energies later this month at 7 trillion electron volts. '

Link: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/no-proof-atom-smasher-will-end-world/story-e6frf7jx-1225838916752

This is a quote from an article published at Herald Sun March 9 2010:

'A GERMAN woman's fear Earth is to be sucked into oblivion in a black hole has failed in a court bid to halt the world's most powerful atom-smasher.

The Constitutional Court in the western Germany city of Karlsruhe threw out the woman's appeal because she was "unable to give a coherent account of how her fears would come about."

"The overwhelming scientific opinion is that the experiments carried out at CERN (the European Organisation for Nuclear Research) present no dangers," the court added.'

Link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/05/negative_strangeness/

This is a quote from an article published March 5 2010 at The Register:

'Atomsmash boffins' reverse alchemy bizarro-stuff triumph. Topflight international reverse-alchemy boffins say they have managed to transmute gold into an entirely new form of "negatively strange" antihypernucleic antimatter, ultra-bizarre stuff which cannot possibly occur naturally - except perhaps inside the cores of collapsed stars.

The transmutation was carried out at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a powerful atom-smasher located at America's Brookhaven National Laboratory.'

admin:
This is science!? See what happens when you do this and try that - a stable Black Hole perhaps?

Link: http://bingleyscience.blogspot.com/2010/03/will-courts-stop-blackhole-from.html

This is a quote from an article published at BGS Science Today March 2 2010:

'The question might be an exageration of the facts but that is exactly what is being asked of courts around the World where injunctions are being sought to stop the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) from being used. '

And:
'The physics world waits in anticipation for its results.

On the other side are the people that are worried that it will create a blackhole that will destroy the planet. They are seeking injunctions in courts around the world to stop the collider from being used for its designed purpose.

It is up to the courts what will happen next but it really is a very complicated case with detailed scientific knowledge required to make a judgment. Either way the consequences of judgement could be huge. '