 Supercolliders are very large devices used to study sub-atomic particles. Some 2012 theorists say a "big bang" experiment performed using the worlds largest supercollider could cause a chain-reaction which creates a black hole that grows to swallow the earth out of existance. The Haldron Collider is the largest particle accelerator in history. It consists of a 27km (circumference) tunnel that uses over 1700 large dipole magnets to accelerate superenergetic particles in a loop at speeds approaching the speed of light and collide them head on. The resulting energy is proposed to recreate the conditions in the universe as they existed just after the "big bang". Scientists hope that this will enable them to identify the theorized "God Particle" and possibly unveil the secret of dark matter (the mysterious material that makes up 85 percent of the universe). However it is believed by some doomsday theorists who term the supercollider as a "doomsday" device that it has the potential to generate black holes that could grow to devour the earth. Many scientists claim that any black holes that might be created would be very tiny and disappear as quickly as they appeared. It makes you wonder though if scientists know so much about how any resulting particles would react, then why are they having to study them? History is filled with arrogant scientists who didn't understand exactly what it was they were dealing with. - Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen discovered x-rays in 1895 and died in 1923 from cancer of the intestine (probably caused by prolonged exposure to xrays).
- Karl Scheele was a brilliant chemist who discovered many chemical elements. Although he survived his taste test of hydrogen cyanide, he died of symptoms strongly resembling mercury poisoning.
- Marie Curie died of leukemia in 1934 after exposure to her famous discovery of radium.
- Louis Slotin died from an accident while working on the Manhattan project after he was accidentally exposed to a fission reaction.
I am sure all of these scientists were careful and followed safeguards. Unfortunately, today many scientists are so arrogant that they can't imagine that they could be wrong or make a mistake. The Hindenburg and the Titanic also come to mind when I hear a scientist say that there is no way a supercollider could create an black hole that could grow to be large enough to do any damage. When is the last time scientists were really able to study a tiny black hole to realize it couldn't grow into a huge one? Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_Super_Collider
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